Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I also decided to use the Jim Butcher story skeleton format of
*WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS*, *YOUR PROTAGONIST* *PURSUES A GOAL*. But will he succeed when *ANTAGONIST PROVIDES OPPOSITION*?
I have this...
When a local crime lord's son is bitten by a werewolf, an alchemist in prohibition-ruled Indianapolis is tasked with brewing the only potion to reverse the transformation. But will he succeed with a federal agent on his trail, a mob boss looking to expand and a Rakshasa out for revenge?
I've got a few characters, but no idea what to do with them. I guess they could go on a quest for something. The setting is very influenced by Gamma World, WH40k, Road Warrior and various Westerns.
Also, since I'm writing a futuristic noir-ish thing, I feel like there should be Prohibition on something. My usual fallback of "when in doubt, add dinosaurs" doesn't work here, because Prohibition of dinosaurs actually kinda makes sense as a policy, and isn't all that oppressive.
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I am going to sit down tomorrow and smash all my planning so far into bits and stick it back together in the shape of a plot.
I swear I will have a plot outline from start to end, no matter how shitty, by the end of tomorrow.
I absolutely will not get distracted by kittens.
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
I was looking at the Fiction Generator that was linked in the Writers Block thread, and I have to say that I am intrigued by this one:
Your title is: “The Astropunks”
In a coal-powered terraformed Mars, a young student of metaphysics stumbles across an arcane prophecy which spurs him into conflict with a charismatic politician on the rise, with the help of a sarcastic female techno-geek and her closet full of assault rifles, culminating in wish-fulfillment solutions to real-world problems
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Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
zonugal if somebody said "hey bacchus do you want to take some shots or do a cask stand" what would bacchus do first
I'm originally using Jim beam's DEVIL'S CUT bourbon as prep but I need to find mead something Norse ish for actual writing
MEAD! Do it, although I've only had it once and wasn't a fan.
The past two times I've done my best writing with rum and cider so that's probably what I'll do again, with some beer days thrown in because I like beer.
last year's NaNo novel began with shotgunning an entire margarita at the bar which was our hurricane "relief" center down the street during Sandy
(they were one of the first places that got power back after that)
it produced some of my favorite most-likely-unusable Delta Sector content I have ever written, and oh god I went back and read it while I was still contemplating ReWriMo as a "revise lightly LOL" thing. And I still love that chapter so I'll have to make someone else cut it out for me when the time comes.
Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
So I have nowhere to post this, so I'll do it here.
My apartment complex throws tiki parties in the summer and a Halloween party before taking a break for the entire year. So there are maybe four parties all year. My roommates and I have gotten the reputation as, "the party guys," from the apartment staff for how much we drink, socialize and generally improve these get togethers.
Well one of my roommates just informed me that on telling the apartment staff we wouldn't be able to attend this year's Halloween party they became very sad. And the apartment complex manager told my roommate that she was ready and willing to purchase a 1.75 liter sized bottle of Jägermeister just so we could facilitate Jager-bombs at the party.
It has happened, we are the party lords of this kingdom.
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
so that's what the bro reaction button is for
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Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
edited October 2013
I will bathe in your bro reactions.
Bask in them.
Bed myself in them.
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FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
November is such a bad month for this.
The XCOM expansion comes out, Doctor Who 50th, the next Hobbit movie, my Mother-in-Law's birthday, my brithday, Christmas shopping, and at least 2 if not 3 releases to get through testing.
Why couldn't they pick a shit month when nothing happens? November is busy. It's always fucking busy. The holiday season is like right there. November is already a gorram trainwreck. Why couldn't they pick something useless, like June. Nothing ever happens in June.
The XCOM expansion comes out, Doctor Who 50th, the next Hobbit movie, my Mother-in-Law's birthday, my brithday, Christmas shopping, and at least 2 if not 3 releases to get through testing.
Why couldn't they pick a shit month when nothing happens? November is busy. It's always fucking busy. The holiday season is like right there. November is already a gorram trainwreck. Why couldn't they pick something useless, like June. Nothing ever happens in June.
The way I see it: if you can get through a busy month like November with 50,000 words under your belt, you're proving you could do it anytime, under any circumstances
A new video game in November is what you can use for motivation. Write the words and then you can play the game. I do that with CoD, it's only mildly successful, but it's never really CoD that messes me up.
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I have this...
When a local crime lord's son is bitten by a werewolf, an alchemist in prohibition-ruled Indianapolis is tasked with brewing the only potion to reverse the transformation. But will he succeed with a federal agent on his trail, a mob boss looking to expand and a Rakshasa out for revenge?
Eh? Thoughts?
I swear I will have a plot outline from start to end, no matter how shitty, by the end of tomorrow.
I absolutely will not get distracted by kittens.
What kind of story are you writing?
Futuristic noir with superpowers, based on Greek myth.
So...absinthe, probably?
Sour Green Apple Pucker
dude, no
if you're going for greek myth, wine is the only answer. Bacchus isn't the god of green licorice drank.
It doesn't matter the method or means.
Worship is worship.
if there was ever a time for me to bow to a noted expert on something
I concede
We will pay tribute to Bacchus.
We will touch the stars and let our spirits loose in the wild.
And very likely wake up lost, bruised and covered in vomit.
Let's talk about some good old-fashioned ritualistic murder orgies
Bacchus were god of a lot more than just drinking
Sounds like a party to me.
The shots.
You can down shots incredibly fast right before you get ready to jump on that cask.
This rhymes!
Well, slant rhyme
Now I feel grand!
I quite understand
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MEAD! Do it, although I've only had it once and wasn't a fan.
The past two times I've done my best writing with rum and cider so that's probably what I'll do again, with some beer days thrown in because I like beer.
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last year's NaNo novel began with shotgunning an entire margarita at the bar which was our hurricane "relief" center down the street during Sandy
(they were one of the first places that got power back after that)
it produced some of my favorite most-likely-unusable Delta Sector content I have ever written, and oh god I went back and read it while I was still contemplating ReWriMo as a "revise lightly LOL" thing. And I still love that chapter so I'll have to make someone else cut it out for me when the time comes.
I don't want to cut it out on my own. ha.
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My apartment complex throws tiki parties in the summer and a Halloween party before taking a break for the entire year. So there are maybe four parties all year. My roommates and I have gotten the reputation as, "the party guys," from the apartment staff for how much we drink, socialize and generally improve these get togethers.
Well one of my roommates just informed me that on telling the apartment staff we wouldn't be able to attend this year's Halloween party they became very sad. And the apartment complex manager told my roommate that she was ready and willing to purchase a 1.75 liter sized bottle of Jägermeister just so we could facilitate Jager-bombs at the party.
It has happened, we are the party lords of this kingdom.
Bask in them.
Bed myself in them.
The XCOM expansion comes out, Doctor Who 50th, the next Hobbit movie, my Mother-in-Law's birthday, my brithday, Christmas shopping, and at least 2 if not 3 releases to get through testing.
Why couldn't they pick a shit month when nothing happens? November is busy. It's always fucking busy. The holiday season is like right there. November is already a gorram trainwreck. Why couldn't they pick something useless, like June. Nothing ever happens in June.
"I'm APRehensive [sic] About Putting My Writing Skills To The Test Month"
they just don't roll off the tongue so well
MarToFiMo
The way I see it: if you can get through a busy month like November with 50,000 words under your belt, you're proving you could do it anytime, under any circumstances
Uncanny Magazine!
The Mad Writers Union
And don't give me that "it's Summer over here in November" nonsense. That is preposterous.
Update: I totally got distracted by kittens.
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