I haven't written a damn thing yet, but -in keeping with the spirit of the NaNo- I really wouldn't have had a chance. Not starting at midnight means having to wait until I get home and the house is settled down for the night (i.e., TheBoy™ is in bed).
Worse yet, I thought I knew what I was going to write, then several other stories surfaced from the muddy rivers of my brain to demand consideration.
This led me to talking about it quite a bit yesterday to Tine. She had that deer-in-headlights look when I was halfway through the second story synopsis. In her defense, I have a nasty habit of telling things out of sequence, forcing me to go back to an earlier part so a later segement makes sense. It has the opposite affect, further confusing it. But it was total overload by the middle of yesterday. I'm sure she would have easily stabbed me through the heart if I hadn't shut-up any later.
By the end of day last night, I had no less than four potentials and no idea what I should do next.
I've been dwelling on it most of the day and I've finally settled on one. It's not going to be the greatest - it's not even the most fleshed out. In fact, of all the stories, this one I don't really know exactly where it's going. But I like the main character. She's got some neat problems; she is really depressed by the weather for one. I think in the entire story it'll just rain. It's a bit of a cyberpunk tale, but I hope to avoid cliches. Nobody's wired into anything... yet.
It'll disappoint Tine. She thought The Pyramid was the best of the bunch. And it does have the most solid plot, which is probably why it sounds good. I can tell it like it's a book I read or a movie I saw. But the characters are vague and require a bit of research that I don't have time to do right now.
So in the interested of starting something, I'll settle on the cyberpunk. I've also decided to steal my sister-in-law's handle for the temp name right now;
sethkyne_blue
posted by Evil Wayne @ 1:27 PM
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