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Hey! So a lot of you guys are on NaNoWriMo, and I was wondering if we could make a thread here to work with eachother for our stories next month, give suggestions, give criticism, and help eachother out. I need the help!
Also, NaNoWriMo is about books. So it's fitting for BAB, right? I think I tried this before, but it isn't coming through.
I have a plotline written out. Is it good? It's Children's fiction. The title is Sarah Secret. The Plot:
Sarah is an energetic young girl who believes in magic (VERY important to the story.), who's lived in the city all her life. Then, one day, her family grows. Her mother has a baby, and her Father realises that they can't live in a cramped and crowded apartment anymore, so he decides to follow his dream, and move to the country. They live in an old but updated house, but her dad has decided to get goats and fufill the rustic lifestyle. However, they live miles away from the nearest store, but there is many scattered houses if you go a mile away from where they currently are.
All of this is just a background.
The Secret: about 300 feet away is a very large house. It's grand, and Sarah calls it a Mansion. But the house has something to do with the tragic past of Rowina Road and the county that they live in, And it is said that a man lives in it alone. But, with the help of Sarah's troublesome goat, Andre, who snatches a peice of paper with a 'spell' on it that she wrote, she discovers that the man is not the only one who lives in the house.
A little girl, named Elizabeth, lives there as well. But why is she always inside the house? And why is she so quiet, and obedient?
As Sarah struggles to find her place in her new home, she also struggles with growing up, as she'll be 12 next year, and her only comfort and solace are her books, fantasy books wrote by authors in the city. Books with magic, which Sarah insists on reading, and writes 'spells' and runs wild with her imagination.
Elizabeth is her secret. But what's a secret if it's meant to be told?
submitted by Icy, age 12!!!, The Forest
(October 6, 2016 - 9:03 am)
(October 6, 2016 - 9:03 am)
On DtE I posted a NaNoWriMo help post, so I'm reposting it here (please help!!!).
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I know that I need to get 1,613 words a day for 31 days to get to 50,003 words for NaNo (I used a calculator), but I don't know how to write that much. I have two plot ideas, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to carry either of them to more than 3,000 words, if I even get to that amount. Here they are:
1. Fractured Princess and the Frog AKA The Elf and the Deer
Basically, there is a powerful (in magic) elf name Kia who is disguised as a human mage, and a farm boy name Max. Max wants to be a prince, so he finds a male mage name Goinya AKA Go. Go tells Max that he will turn Max into a deer (I didn't want a horse, XD), and if he finds a female mage to ride him to the castle he will turn into a prince. So, he finds Kia, and she rides him for a few inches and turns into a deer. Then, they find Go (again, XD) who tells them to find a real female mage and recite the story of their adventures. They find Kia's friend, Sahra. They tell their story, then they turn into a princess a prince. There is no love involved, only friendship.
Problems: I don't think I'll be able to get a good story with 50,000 words out of this plot idea, and I don't think I'll be able to carry through.
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2. Tamara Besiquen (I need a better title XD)
Main charrie: Tamara Besiquen has two powers that match her moods. When she has a positive mood she can use earth, and when she has a negative mood she has fire.
Plot (super stupid, but I came up with it while lying in bed at 9:00 at night, and I couldn't think of anything else): Tamara gets bullied because she is an outcast. No one knows that she has powers. She accidently starts a fire in her school and it grows and burns down the school. She gets sent to a 'jail' fo kids with powers. They work together and escape. Then, they rebuild the school.
Problems: I love the charrie, but this is an absolutely horrible plot. If anyone has any ideas, or suggestions, or opinions on the plot, it might cheer up my day. Another problem is that I might rush through it so much that I'll only get 1-2,000 words.
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Help?
Please give opinions on which one for me to choose. Also, if you don't like either (yeah, that will probably happen a lot), can you please give me a plot idea, if it is allowed on NaNo (I haven't done NaNo before)? For now, I'll wait until this comment shows up and I get help.
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Thanks for the help! I'm crossing my fingers that I'll figure out how to get a story done for NaNo. Thanks again!
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Salutations,
Moonlight
P.S. Cappen says eepa. That just sounds soooooo cute for some reason.
(October 10, 2016 - 7:41 am)
Alright I've finally got this thing figured out with the prophecies and everything though I'm still foggy on the title, anyways here it is.
Thanx a ton to Sep and inky for their magnif ideas!!!! (Yes Ive just gotten into nicknames:P
It starts before the war, before king scorching came to power and cress was merely an apprentice.
Great king Pheonix of the Skypelts (before the war rebels were known as skypelts and royals were seen as sunpelts) struck up a treaty with the atlas dragons, ignoring the wisdom of his advisors.
Then gryphons started to disappear. Starting with Phoenix's mate Wren.
The sunpelts blamed Phoenix for associating with the atlas dragons and soon called forth their best leaders and generals. Scorching was elected immediately. He used this excuse to invade the skypelt's borders and murder thousands of innocent gryhphons. He kept his armies moving, barely flinching at the skypelts attempted assaults. Phoenix, stricken with grief and half out if his mind went out against Scorching. Alone.
He fought well, but Scorching fought better. With one last gutteral cry Phoenix was defeated completely, his disembodied head displayed on a spear before the sunpelt armies as they trudged farther north.
Without a leader the skypelts were driven farther past their borders, into the Fyrrwolf territories. (Fyrrwolves are pretty much wolves with wings, a sort of indian-like tribe)
Waxing moon, alpha of the Fyrrwolves welcomed them, agreeing to aid them in their battle against the sunpelts. With her help they were able to push the sunpelt armies back, though only to a point.
Waxing moon was shot by a stray arrow near the end of the battle. In her last breath she recited an oracle. A prophecy(oh no)
The sun will pelt it's shining rays
The sky will rise above him
A creature of darkness
Gryphon of light
Fyrrlae to save-
Waxing moon died right there in Cress's arms. Her shallow breath recoiled at her last words.
And that's just the prologue!!!!!!!!!!!!
*groans inwardly*
I'll get the rest in later, if I can. For now whadya think? Something I should change? Feedback welcome!!!!!!
(October 10, 2016 - 6:49 pm)
Live. It.
(October 10, 2016 - 11:00 pm)
Wonderland Charrie Bridge
(October 11, 2016 - 9:45 pm)
GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT!!!!!
MY MOM SAID IF I FINISH MY BOOOK I CAN GET IT PUBLISHED!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEH!!!!!!!!
SO SO HAPPY......
(October 13, 2016 - 7:58 am)
(October 13, 2016 - 10:47 am)
Wow! That's awesome!!
(October 15, 2016 - 8:03 am)
I think you got everybody! Or at least, the major charries. OH! Tweedledee and Tweedledumb! (I think that's how you spell it. I haven't read Alice in Wonderland in AGES.)
(October 15, 2016 - 8:02 am)
I've been working on my book covers with the help of an avatar creator, and I'm really really really happy with them now!!!
I have a black & white version and a regular version. . . Which one do you like more?
(October 14, 2016 - 11:15 pm)
Ooh! I love It! I only see a color version, though.
(October 16, 2016 - 7:49 am)
Coolio! I think I like this one better.
(October 16, 2016 - 7:56 am)
Huh. Weird! Here's the black and white then:
(October 16, 2016 - 11:02 am)
Love all your guy's book ideas! September, I love your plot line! Icy, your good at telling oeople what's good, what's bad, and what to change and what to keep in their books, so please tell me if you like this and what I should change! And everyone else, too! (Be a critic. I need it. ;-))
so here's my book from last time I did NaNo.
The Elves of Litenis Valley
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There are four kingdoms in Litenis Valley. The Northern Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom, the Eastern Kingdom, and the Western Kingdom. The four kingdoms have been at peace for as long as anyone can remember. But the kingdom's are now at war, though no one knows why. The people of the northern kingdom are cold and condescending, looking down upon the other kingdoms. They've always thought they were better. So it's natural that rumors would be going around about the Northern Kingdom starting it all. A small Rebel group has formed, the leader by the name of Arden Corchon. (Thanks CBers on my charrie making thread!) Marya (MC) is part of this Rebel group, sneaking away from her family early every morning for secret meetings. But when Marya gets up late, she doesn't get back before her sister and mother are up. Arowyn (Marya's sister, other MC, probably a bit more so than Marya) notices, and is on to her. Marya is thirty two*, and Arowyn is only twenty eight, and thirty and up are only allowed to join the Rebel group. Arowyn wants to join, but can't. Marya finds some strange old monuments by an abandoned mansion one day, and feels a strange and mystical pull toward them. She breaks free from the pull, and runs home, startling Taline (her mother) and Arowyn, who are in the middle of eating dinner. She shows Arowyn later on, and they discover a map of the valley and surrounding places they have never heard of. They also find a strange journal entry. Arowyn follows Marya one day to the meeting and listens. She finds out when they leave, and she leaves on her own expedition, with her trusty winged wolf, Borealis. (I'm super proud of that name.) the chapters alternate between Arowyn's and Marya's point of veiw and what's going on as they travel. They're traveling through each kingdom, so it tells about each kingdom, and they meet people, and eventually get to the Northern Kingdom, and find out why the war is waging, and find the sisters father, who has been missing for years.
* Elves live twice as long as humans, so for them, 28 is the same as fourteen, and 32 is the same as sixteen. 30 is 15 etc.
(October 15, 2016 - 8:24 am)
I'm writing a book called, drumroll please...........
Dark Angels
It's about a girl, Estelle (E-stel-lay) Johnson, that died a horrible death, which caused her to be a dark angel. She has the powers of telepathy and seeing flashes of the future and past in her dreams. Eventually, she will be the leader of the angels. She goes on missiosns. Right now she is going on her first mission to find out why she is a dark angel, so she will find out about her death. She doesn't know about the future/past power yet, in only happened once.
I think that this will be a really good book (but it probably won't be), and please give me plot reccomendations. I'll post more about the plot as I go on in the book (I only have about 1,400 words so far).
(October 15, 2016 - 5:12 pm)
Hmmmm, I like your elvian one more, but it's your choice.
For plot ideas-
What if dark angels are born but only one in a millennia survive. (Because of a virus or king or something?)
Just an idea. ;)
(October 16, 2016 - 11:31 am)