Is anybody setting their novel in Newfoundland? Has anybody done so before?
I've never spent much time out of the province - I don't feel very comfortable setting my NaNo in a real place I've not spent a lot of time. I could, of course set it somewhere else and look things up, or just a generic place and make things up.
I think it could be interesting to have the main character be from Newfoundland. For a story with superheroes you really expect the HQ to be a big city - but since the hero I'm formulating is really a medium-sized fish in a small pond, I think it'd actually end up fitting quite well to have them from here.
And then the Villain has a floating (on water, not air) palace that most of the story will happen in. I'm thinking about him currently hiding in the fogs of the Grand Banks.
What do you think a NL superhero would do? What kind of heroes and villains would we have? Maybe he helps the coast guard?
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The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing it well or you're doing it poorly, it LOOKS the exact same... that's actually one of the main ways that writing is different from ballet dancing. ~John Green
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Oct 19, 2009 - 09 09
I love the idea of a Newfoundland superhero! Definitely would have to rescue people from sinking oil rigs, swamped fishing vessels, crashing helicopters.
My story involves time-travel and the modern-day parts all take place in Newfoundland (the rest are in Saxon England).
----------2009 -- Lindisfarne (revisited)
2008 -- Lindisfarne (in progress)
2007 -- Skipped NaNo. Big mistake.
2006 -- Sunrise Hope (coming out 2011)
2005 -- Stones of Ashreel (in limbo)
2004 -- Prone to Wander (in limbo)
2003 -- Deborah & Barak (in stores)
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Oct 19, 2009 - 11 12
Only recently did I decide to have mine based in Newfoundland, though I am not sure if I am bother naming names yet. I will be describing the island as the setting, but I am not sure if I will be saying "Newfoundland" cause that kind of puts a different mood on the novel, or at least in my mind it does.
Mine is about a girl trying to find her 'happy place' and she manages to pull someone else along. He obviously is assured she is insane, but goes along with her. The middle adventure part is fuzzy but I have the ending. I am working backwards this year. I have an ending, but no real start or middle actiony stuff.
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Oct 19, 2009 - 16 40
My novel this year is in a fantasy world, so no, it's not set here in NL. Although I have toyed with the idea before, and I may or may not edit my '08 novel and make that novel happen in Newfoundland. (The setting doesn't make much of a difference in that novel anyway).
I think that a Newfoundlander superhero would be awesome.
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2007 - Tarian - 20k-ish
2008 - Jeu de Role - 53k - WIN.
2009 - Chance?
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Oct 20, 2009 - 04 23
I'm setting my novel Metropolis 'here' in the present-day, but it won't be called St. John's or Newfoundland.
Sort of a strange, alter-ego to here...with similarities and differences.
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Oct 20, 2009 - 14 37
Wow. A lot of people are setting their novels in Newfoundland or at least some semblance of it. Me too.
Mostly here, but some parts are on a tiny caye in Belize that I fell in love with years ago.
I've got two settings, a general idea of how I think the novel will unfold, but last years frenzy taught me that you really can't outline definitively for NaNo, it kinda grabs hold of you and takes you wherever it wants. My last novel did not follow the intended outline, so we will see how it plays out this year. My fingers are cramping just thinking about it!
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Nov 21, 2009 - 21 05
*technically* mine is set in the states, since I'm using American conventions. But, while developing it I've ended up basing it closely around the Jackson's Arm area! My boyfriend is from Pollard's Point, and has been a big help giving me insight into small town schools. The school itself is nearly identical to my old high school in Burin.
The biggest thing I kept slipping into was what's a reasonable driving distance! Back home, Driving to goobies for a plate of fries was a fun way to kill an afternoon (well, not so much now with the price of gas), and driving to St. John's and back in the same day isn't unreasonable. However to most people this is apparently crazy, so I had to go back and edit my driving times to the next town!
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