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My main character Nikos was envisioned as this really cool exile of a magical race, who is really fine with his exile, because it was self-imposed and quite a long time ago. He looks like he was carved from rock, decades of magical use have cracked his skin. He's a recovering alcoholic, but he enjoys a good cavort and gallavant. He despises the current industrial revolution, and the steady humming of the electricity is driving him slightly insane. He's quite crass and abrasive.
Then I started writing and he decides that he wants the novel to be first person, because it is about him, afterall. He then reveals, yes the humming of the electricity bothers him, but he can't begrudge innovation. Which, I'm also okay with. But then he reveals that he's this willowy fish thing and pretty disconnected from the world. Jerk.
He's getting his butt a rewrite, and losing his first person narrative as punishment.
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"If there must be trouble let it be in my day, so that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 20
Lol! I've had a few surprises myself already.
Even though my main character, (Daniel) is pretty much how I envisioned him, I did not know he had a thing for Evey. Nor did I know that Evey might have a thing for Hardish. I did not plan on there being any romance in this novel.
I've also got two other characters, (Tavi and Eric), who hate Hardish for some long ago incident that involved Evey. Of course, in true Nano style, they haven't told me what happened.
----------Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters. — Neil Gaiman
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 30
Graaaa my MC is a half-demon who was /supposed/ to be really a rather decent fellow who repressed his demonic nature, and he's turning out to be a complete jerk-ass who kind of hates women. And he's first-person, too, and I hardly ever write male characters and now I've got him yammering in my head. And I only have a little more than 500 words!
----------Coffee-related drinks consumed:5
All-nighters pulled:1
Wordcount:3504
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 30
My MC, Miryam is meant to be the mother of the prophecy fulfilling twins.
She has decided however, that she is a lesbian from way back and is not interested in voluntarily sleeping with a man, not even to produce the saviours of the human race.
So now I am stuck with these twins I need and no mother.
----------Location : Somewhere on the far side of crazy, past the dark side of the moon, and on my way to becoming comfortably numb.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 56
At the last minute, a character I'd envisioned as a fanatically devoted royal guard turned out to be an annoyingly self-righteous cult member instead.
On the bright side, the new version of him came with a name attached.
----------Bethany
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Nov 1, 2009 - 06 57
One of my vampire villains (the one that is actually good, but is waiting to stab the big bad in the back) started trying to read the mind of my main character. Oh, and that's not it! The MFC decided he could not read her mind do to a lot of stuff her mom did to protect her from vampires.
After I wrote it I saw a horrible, horrible similarity to twilight, and deleted it with a vengeance. The good news was he is never going to be her romantic interest. (Thank you LORD!)
Note that previously my vampires never had the power to read minds. (to manipulate them, however...)
----------Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 24
My MC, Lin, already managed to surprise me even though I'm not even through with the first chapter and she has still to say a word (or, more precisely, to LEARN A FREAKING LANGUAGE), 'cause instead of doing something, anything, she just sort of sits there, silent, and stares into space.
Oh, and she discovers she has freckles. But really, she's all inhuman and pale and thin and everything with white empty eyes, so what the. Freckles.
The other character to make an appearance, Emily, a responsible, caring, charming, elderly orphanage owner turned out to be a nasty, bitter old lady who loves to whine and scare helpless people and scold them for no reason.
All these before I even wrote 2k words...
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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 51
My MC apparently has a partner in crime. Fayt also apparently may have no magic, although this is supposed to be a 'fantasy' novel. And finally, she's turning out to be one of those characters that JUST WONT DIE.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 08 54
My MC is turning out to be much more of a smartass and much better at dealing with people. Thomas was supposed to be naive and adorable! Now I find out he's gotten in trouble in his home town, that he's a lot more perceptive than I gave him credit for and just two pages ago he called another character a "froofy bastard"! (Which Jack totally is, but that scene went down nothing like I planned it.)
This is going to be *SO MUCH FUN*!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 07
Well, I first had it planned in my head that the MC, Rhicten, would be crying his little heart out (okay, maybe not little since he's almost a grown man) because his mother was really ill and he couldn't find anyone to help him. He was supposed to suck it up and on his way home meet the other MC, who's going to be the one to help him.
BUT, back when he's mourning, he suddenly remembers that he has a sword and thoughts of suicide start coming over him, and before I know it, he has it positioned over his heart and is ready to die. Yeah... what. I didn't create him to be so emo and "woe-is-me, the only way to go on is to not go on." But, there he was.
Luckily, the other MC, Virote, had enough sense to stop him. Then after that, Rhic starts blaming Virote for saving him... stupid Rhicten!
At least he upped my word count with his ranting, so, I guess I shouldn't be too hard on him.
EDIT: I forgot to add that he also cries some more, making me wonder if he's cut out to kill people later on. And Virote's turning into this immensely adorable guy who's acting more like a curious puppy than a hunter. He's a little too cute for comfort...
----------NaNo'08: Collision [failed]
NaNo'09: Dissonance [ ]
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 12
FMC was supposed to be a bitch but suddenly everyone likes her and they blame her behaviour on her childood.
MC is now in love with FMC and thinks about marrying her. I didn't expect this to happen.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 16
Luckily he's not my actual MC, but he is one of the character's from who's POV I'm currently writing... and he's turning out to be afraid of (literally) the air he breathes, and a powerfull magician at that (Well, not an actual magician, or warlock, or anything, since my magic isn't really magic... this is getting complicated). I kinda like this new version of him, except that he was supposed to be very brave, in a calm, no-nonsense way to counteract all the hysterics of my other characters. Somehow I can't write about friendly, NORMAL, persons.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 28
I knew Andren was going to be protective of Kyllikki - that's the way a guy like him loves a woman. He protects her and takes care of her. I didn't expect the thirteen-year-old version of Andren to be a total ass to everyone except Kyllikki because he thinks that they aren't treating as she ought to be treated. Seriously, Andren - you're thirteen for now. Act like it. Can't you for three pages not be interested in her?
----------The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everyone else.
- Umberto Eco
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 31
One of my MCs has apparently magically transformed himself from a quiet, likeable kind of guy to a borderline-creepy stalker within a few paragraphs.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 34
Beware the quiet ones, I guess.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 37
My MC is now snarky, sleeps around and is an asshole towards other females except for the FMC... that he has yet to meet. And initially I created him to be one of those kinda guys who respects women and disapproves prostitutions and the likes but it looks like now he himself indulges in it. Plus, he was suppose to be the meek kinda guy, following orders blindly but it seems like he's not happy with that characteristics and is now taking matters in his own hands when it comes to how he acts.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 39
Beware the quiet ones, I guess.
*ahemcoughEdward* *...potshot*
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----------Coffee-related drinks consumed:5
All-nighters pulled:1
Wordcount:3504
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Nov 1, 2009 - 09 48
My FMC was originally an adorable twelve year old girl, who had no idea of which way was up and how the world worked. I thought it would be quite interesting to try and write from the perspective of a native who didn't really understand the world. Sadly, that was not to be. FMC has revealed herself, quite spectacularly, as a sixteen year old girl with a fireproof umbrella and an attitude the size of a whale. Not only that, but she is quite happy to work for two people who hate each other (she's a double-crossing little weasel, that one) and spark a civil war. Add to this that she has stolen two people from their own world to hers because she's supposed to be fulfilling a prophecy, only nobody knows what the prophecy is because there isn't a written record... Oh, and she can control fire. That was unexpected but pleasant. FMC pleases me greatly. She also terrifies me somewhat.
Also!
My villain is no longer a villain. He and I had a very in depth discussion on why it should be FMC. Apparently, since he was yanked out of his world and then abandoned by the FMC 5 years ago, he is entitled to be evil. And the fact he accidentally started the civil war and the instability that FMC is stirring up is just an unfortunate side effect to him. He's a cutie. He didn't actually want to kill anybody; FMC calls him a villain, and he is genuinely shocked. I think I love my villain. And FMC decided the same thing. She's turning traitor on the poor MMC and joining the villain to be evil, although she doesn't mean to be evil. It doesn't help that the MMC is the villain's little brother.
So yeah, I sat down to write and heard all of this, and decided I'd start tomorrow instead xD
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Nov 1, 2009 - 10 01
Allison decided that she was going to get first person.
And then she decided that she was going to complain about the tutors she didn't have any right to in the first place.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 10 25
Well, he's not my MC, but one of my secondary characters, who is supposed to have feelings for my MC, in the space of about five minutes, has put his arms around my MC's shoulder a total of three times.
He's making it too obvious, man!
----------NaNo '06--Epic (51k)
NaNo '07--I Don't Even Know Anymore (11k)
NaNo '08--Don't Stand Back (15k)
NaNo '09--Don't Stand Back (Now with 100 percent less urban fantasy!)
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Nov 1, 2009 - 10 28
I'd known my FMC was quarter faerie. I just didn't know that the rules applied that if she gave food and drink to a handsome young man he'd fall horribly in lust with her.
And the problem is Feyana is supposed to be marrying the miller's son, not the duke's heir apparent.
It will all change when the white bear presses his suit.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 10 51
My MC from the OP has been operating under the assumption that the FMC is missing, and he is very concerned.
And she shows up at some crime scene, all "I'm here, what's the problem?" She vehemently denies she was ever missing, insisting that she's too savvy.
These are great guys. I'm reading them when I get stuck and get a good giggle, then trudge along with my own.
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"If there must be trouble let it be in my day, so that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 09
Nothing catastrophic... just that one of my MCs has decided that SHE is not male...
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 27
My MC was supposed to live for a few days with a kind, caring, old man who was going to tell him how to go about rescuing his mother and all that other cliche stuff.
That old mean ended up being an angry, suspicious, taciturn drunk.
On the bright side, my MC is pretty much like I envisioned him.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 33
My stupid MC has no spine. She believes everything anyone tells her. She doesn't argue with anyone and always does as she's told. I really want to smack her upside the head at this point.
----------"I've been to hell and back. And let me tell you, it was wonderful." -Louise Bourgeois
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 41
My MC Colin was supposed to be this weedy little twit. Not very bright, more than a little emo and with the mother of all inferiority complexes...
200 words shy of 3000 and he's lost the complex, most of the emoness and become a quiet but politically astute scholar. Luckily, he's still a weed.
I like this new version, at least... so "Yay for surprise character development!?"
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 52
My MC is supposed to be really shy and not want to talk back to anyone, but so far she's talked back to three strangers and her best friend.
Though it's probably justified, as one of the strangers acts like a jerk, one is mouthing off about her lack of... *ahem* figure, and her best friend was getting drunk while she's *pregnant*. Still, she really needs to work on staying in character!
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 59
Can we trade? I wish my MC would talk back to someone for once!
----------"I've been to hell and back. And let me tell you, it was wonderful." -Louise Bourgeois
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Nov 1, 2009 - 12 31
I spent hours looking for a relatively normal name for my MMC to accompany all the other weirdo names. Just yesterday my MMC decided that his name is Alley. Oh well.
Come to think of it, he's in every way not like I had expected. I admit that I didn't have him planned out throughly enough, but still... He was supposed to be a young gentleman, but he's showing signs of being more of a confused, reserved and almost jerkish teenager.
It's all fine for me, as I'll get to get acquainted with the real Alley, but for some reason I've got a bad feeling that the lad's going to mess up with my plot more than I imagined.
----------Forget syntax. Forget realism. Focus on unleashing your story.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 13 14
My MC is showing a little more fire (heh heh) than I expected him to. Considering the whole plot is about him being forced to choose between his peaceful nature and the violence he might need to do to survive. Also, he's just called his best friend a jackoff. I need to introduce Nico so I can get the snark out of my system.
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Nov 1, 2009 - 13 18
My villain was originally a handsome, tormented, misunderstood guy who was possessed by his demonic head general, and who did all of the horrible things he did because he had a major unrequited crush on the main character's mom. He is now a dangerous psychopath, half-consumed by evil magic, who wants nothing more or less than WORLD DOMINATION!!!exclamation point!! Actually, it's just continent domination, but okay.
----------Not only that, but my revenge-driven tomboy character just told me she attempted suicide forty-three times between the ages of five and eight.
My MC just told me that she is not, not, NOT a Mary Sue and will not kill the villain in a duel. Not only that, she moved the orphanage that she lived in from Arizona to Wyoming, announced that she was five when she arrived in the human world, and that of course her mom didn't come with her, her mom was dead.
And finally, this just in: my magical characters are not elves. That's too cliched, according to my MC. They don't know what they are yet, but they're not elves.
This should be an interesting year.