Saturday 16 November 2013

NaNoWriMo 2013 Post #5

So two weeks in.  I was right before.  Week two was good to me.  I speak to you now five days ahead of the target with 35,000 words under my belt.  It's getting easier every day to sit down and  write 2,000 words.  According to the NaNoWriMo website I am going to finish and reach 50,000 on the 24th of November which is fine by me.

Other than that things are going great, there's really not that much to say, other than this week I've really enjoyed the encouragement I've found on Movellas once again.  The community of WriMos is so friendly and ready to lend a hand and an encouraging word whenever you need it.  I couldn't ask for a better writing community to turn to.

So for any of you interested, here's a link to what I've written so far.  Or should I say, what I've found time to put on Movellas so far.  I think about half is on there at the moment but I try and put two chapters on a day so it grows every day:

http://www.movellas.com/en/book/read/201311081846376106-ice-flame-until-i-can-think-of-a-better-title

As I'm feeling pretty good about this novel right about now it's time for another insight!  This time I'm going to clue you in about the main characters.

The novel has two narrators, Ash Sauna and Cerulean Thistle.  They alternate chapters and lead very opposite lives.

They are both in training in the Training Centre (which is kind of like university but much more practical and useful)

Ash lives on campus and has taken Sport, she wishes to be a personal trainer.  She lives on the fifth floor of one of the apartment buildings opposite Solar, who is a close friend of hers.  She's energetic and fun but can also be selfish and impulsive.  She means well and is caring but she has a short temper.  At the start of the novel we find Ash with her best friend Ember at a party.  Ash has her life exactly how she wanted and planned it to be and she's in a pretty good place in her life.

Cerulean lives off campus in his family home with his mother and younger sister, Skye.  Cerulean has taken Scientific with the dream of becoming a neurologist.  He's intelligent and ambitious but can also be a little cold and only gets close to a few people.  He has only one friend, Azure, who he's known for as long as he can remember.  At the start of the novel we find Cerulean asleep, soon to be awoke by his twelve year old sister who had a bad dream.  Cerulean's life as he knew it has recently fallen down around him and he's just happy to get through each day at a time.

So they're my protagonists and at first I was a little concerned about both of them as I wasn't that fond of them.  But they're both flawed and real and after I'd started telling their story I fell in love with them faults and all.  So what Cerulean's not a great socialiser and Ash's too daring for her own good?  It only makes me love them more.

I'll sign off again with my favourite quotes since the last blog post.

This is one I found from week one that forgot to include: Cerulean - "I couldn't see a way this was going to get any better.  Things could get worse of course.  Things always got worse.  But better?  Nah.  Better was a fairytale.  Better wasn't going to happen."

Now these are from week two:

Ash - "Everyone is always afraid.  All I have to do is figure out what it is exactly that frightens you."

Solar - "But it's a dangerous game, Ash.  If I were you, I'd quit right now."

Ash - "I was more comfortable with this boy that I hated than I had been with the one Id loved all that time ago."

If I keep on going like this, in eight days I'll be at 50,000 words.  See you there.

Molly Looby

Author / Wrimo / Movellian / Editor / Reviewer / Writing Coach / ZA Ready

Contact me here for all things writing and reading and everything! molly.looby@hotmail.com

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