Showing posts with label Fictionpress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fictionpress. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Personal: October Mini-NaNo Overview

So, for my October Mini-NaNo, I wanted to combine two things I love dearly- being a lazybum and fantasy. Now, anyone who writes fantasy novels knows that it is very hard to be a lazybum while doing so. There is worldbuilding, racebuilding, townbuilding; there is so much building involved in fantasy that I might as well be a contractor. So, to make my load a little lighter (especially since I'll be worldbuilding for November DURING October Mini-NaNo), I decided to do a modern fantasy, something set in the real world but also not. I also thought it might be nice to set this story in the town I currently live in, primarily because I've never heard of anything being set here. So, while this will end up being a bit of a self-insert (I'll give hints as time goes on as to which character is based on me), I'm excited to present, the plot of October's Mini-NaNo!

Our main character is a senior at small town SUNY Geneseo. She is double majoring in history and creative writing and decided, for her thesis, to do a paper on the history of magic in literature. As she researches, she comes upon hints and information that the world is not all that it seems. Academic at heart, she decides to determine what this means, unintentionally launching herself into a world just below the surface of reality, where magic is real and nothing makes sense. 

 

Pretty vague, huh? Well, that's because I'm not really sure where it's going. But it'll be easier to write knowing I don't have a world to build! ;)

My first question to you, community of possibly existent readers and definitely existent friends and family, what is your favorite kind of magical creature? The one who gets the most replies, by October 1st, will get a large role in the story ahead.


The story will be written in 750words, so I can get some badges and maybe defeat the October Challenge. However, I will also post what I've written on fictionpress.com (primarily because it is an easy to use platform that I have experience with). The fictionpress account tied to this blog is aptly named "the Capstone" and can be found here.


Edit: Obviously, my own replies don't count.