I first posted this thread idea in 2005 but my other two stories didn't really answer any questions.
Here's my example...
In 2005 I wrote The Askinar Towers. Basically it's a modern version of "The Wizard of Oz" written on a scale of "Lord of The Rings". So the question my novel answers is... What If JRR Tolkein wrote The Wizard of Oz?
For this year my novel answers this following question...
What Would Happen if a group of Puritan girls got their imaginations shoved into overdrive?
So how about you? What question does your novel answer?
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Genre: Historical Romantic Religious Suspenseful Thrilling Fantasy Mystery with a hint of horror.
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Mine is rather boring for anyone other than myself, because I am writing this story to answer a few questions I have had regarding my large novel project. That one is almost finished but the conclusion has stumped me. I keep scrapping everything, because nothing feels right.
Anyway, my Nanovel this year will answer these troubling questions:
1. What is Main Character 2's personality underneath the emotionless facade his wears and undying loyalty to MC 1?
2. What is MC 2's driving motivation?
3. What is the relationship between MC 2 and Secondary Character J?
4. What is SC J's personality, motivation, and connections to MC 3?
Yeah. These are important questions that need to be answered to successfully complete my on-going novel, but to answer these questions, I decided to write a "prequel" that follows MC 2. =D So... nothing super deep or whimsical going on here. It is probably not interesting to anyone other than myself, but the story should be pretty good.
~Jacquelyn
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Mine don't tend to answer questions so much, but the ones it explores are:
1. What is the balance between religious duty and public welfare?
----------2. To what extent does a skilled person owe that skill to the community?
3. Does spiritual power corrupt?
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sept. 27, 2008 - 23 32
Mine just answers the age old question: What happens when Thanksgiving turkeys turn into (human) flesh eating zombies?
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sept. 27, 2008 - 23 35
Excellent, I've been wondering.
Mine answers the question: What if coffee were illegal?
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sept. 28, 2008 - 00 15
Ooh, fun! The questions I can think of that my novel answers would be:
(In an aside: horizonpurple, if coffee was banned, I would cry!)
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sept. 28, 2008 - 00 27
Your book sounds AWESOME. I would totally read a book like that.
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sept. 28, 2008 - 02 59
Mine is to do with writing itself:
I ask: Can you have two masters and be loyal to both?
In other words, can you be true to your own creativity and vision (no matter how rebellious) and still live with the oppression of fame and the expectations of the public/critics?
It's an old question, but it's something I always wonder about...
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2008: The Words Between (Win!)
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sept. 28, 2008 - 03 31
Great question....
Um, I guess mine answers a couple of questions:
1.) What's more real: other people's view of you, or your view of yourself?
----------2.) Can poor choices that lead to distrust ever be fixed in the eyes of those you love?
3.) Do dragon's really roast small children before eating them?
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Imagination is the only reliable weapon against reality. Use it well.
2008 - Piper & the Witch's Cave
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sept. 28, 2008 - 07 53
My 2008 novel will answer:
In an Ultimate Battle between good and evil, is there any room for someone in the middle?
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Can you be who you are, even if society forces you into a different role?
It's more specific than that, but this is a sunny forum.
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sept. 28, 2008 - 08 19
My main question is: Does "Fate" and/or "Destiny" irrevocably set the life-path of a person, or do they choices/freewill? How much freewill do they have?
A minor question that will be answered is: What happens when a girl wears clothes fastened completely with Velcro? :P
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sept. 28, 2008 - 09 10
Mine would be: Who can you really trust?
(That's a question that all my main characters will have to ask themselves, and I'm not sure yet of who will get an answer...)
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sept. 28, 2008 - 09 24
Mine's kind of silly I guess.
Something like...Does Mother really know best?
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sept. 28, 2008 - 09 36
For a novel I'm working on (unrelated to NaNoWriMo), the question is this: How does one let go of a loved one?
As for what I plan to work on in November, the story will answer this: In a world where everything seems better than reality, how does one find the will to seek the truth?
Looking on it now, they both seem to revolve around the same topic. Guess that's what I like writing about, huh?
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sept. 28, 2008 - 09 40
How much can this MC take before he goes suicidal?
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sept. 28, 2008 - 09 59
@squidmaster: I had a novel like that once, except the answer, in my case, was "not very much at all" and the story ended rather prematurely.
I am very curious about all the novels above - they sound interesting!
Anyway, my current project would be: Is it possible to let go and move on?
and my NaNo: Can idealism really change anything?
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sept. 28, 2008 - 10 13
Not sure if this is going to be my novel for this year, but if it is, my question would be...
"What would happen if a group of brain-eating zombies besieged an ordinary, dull office building?"
Which I guess also begs the question... "What are some regular office supplies that one can use to kill a zombie?" :)
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If I stick with my current idea (which depends on how far I can stretch the plot once I start outlining), the question my novel answers could be either one of the following... or both.
"What happens when a Cockney bar maid and a celebrated courtesan fight over the same impoverished nobleman in a dreamlike, alt-version of 18th Century London?"
... or alternatively...
"What happens when good nursery rhymes go horribly awry?"
You'll have to take my word for it that the two questions are very closely related.
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The idea I'm toying with this year (and the one that I'll probably end up doing for NaNo) is:
What if two reformed murderers were attacked by a murderous man whose life they had destroyed in the past? And then, what happens if you throw a confused teenager into the mix?
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If live gives you lemons, make orange juice. Let the rest of the world wonder how the #$%# you managed it.
Si la vida te da limones, has jugo de naranja y deja que el resto del mundo se pregunte cómo carajos lo lograste.
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"What would happen if a group of brain-eating zombies besieged an ordinary, dull office building?"
:)
Exactly how will anyone tell the difference between the living and the undead? If it's a dull office building, they probably seem like zombies themselves. It'll be a veritable Free-For-All!!!
2008 Novel Title:The Witch of Winthrop Village
----------Genre: Historical Romantic Religious Suspenseful Thrilling Mystery with a hint of horror.
Genre: Historical Romantic Religious Suspenseful Thrilling Fantasy Mystery with a hint of horror.
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sept. 28, 2008 - 15 32
Is group therapy effective on those who don't want to stop their behaviors, and if not, how could it become effective?
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sept. 28, 2008 - 16 39
Is it possible to never grow up? Or possibly: how long can a person run from adulthood before eventually giving up. And of course the one question everyone will no doubt ask themselves: what causes a person to do this(NaNo) to themselves?! ha ha
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sept. 28, 2008 - 16 57
What would happen if a teenage couple moved out on their own and didn't go to college?
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Why is family so important?
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It started out as: What do I do when the world ends?
Now it's: What do you do when the world has ended but your mother won't believe it?
----------NaNo '08: "No I Don't Believe in You! So Leave Me the Hell Alone!"
... What else would an atheist say, if God appeared in physical form on her doorstep and began literally knocking on her door?
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My nano will probably answer these:
1)"How much knowledge is too much?"
2)"Where does genius end and insanity start?"
3)"What is justice?"
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sept. 28, 2008 - 20 24
My nano will probably answer these:
1)"How much knowledge is too much?"
2)"Where does genius end and insanity start?"
3)"What is justice?"
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sept. 28, 2008 - 20 24
My nano will probably answer these:
1)"How much knowledge is too much?"
2)"Where does genius end and insanity start?"
3)"What is justice?"
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sept. 28, 2008 - 20 25
My nano will probably answer these:
1)"How much knowledge is too much?"
2)"Where does genius end and insanity start?"
3)"What is justice?"
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sept. 28, 2008 - 20 25
My nano will probably answer these:
1)"How much knowledge is too much?"
2)"Where does genius end and insanity start?"
3)"What is justice?"