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Thursday, November 7, 2013

NaNo Day 7: oh, it's just a likkle bunny rabbit...

Everything's going fine in the real world. Some daily stresses, a few undone chores, some goals, a vet appointment, a school meeting: but otherwise pretty uneventful.
I saw Cloud Atlas. Awesome movie. The nudity sucks, but at least it's surprisingly brief for a relatively romantic film.
I'm reading a book called The Cloud Atlas, which is not like the movie at all, haha. It's about the Japanese war balloon crisis in 1945. A pretty okay book. It's starting to get interesting. I only started reading it a while ago.

In the roleplay world, I already mentioned the debuting of multiple sites happening with in the next few weeks. It's all going smooth and silky.

But then there's writing.

D:

So, it's day 7 and everything's going great, then suddenly...

A plot bunny popped up.

It wiggled its button nose, flicked its ears, wagged its tail.
It was cute, but could be ignored.
Then another one appeared.
Then another.
THEN another.
And... wait for it...

ANOTHER ONE!

Darn things have started breeding again. Granted, they aren't enough to get in the way of Through Struggle, but they're becoming more and more demanding. I find my thoughts drifting to these little bunnies more often than I should.
I want to blame movies on this.
You see, I'm the sort of person who watches a movie (this rarely happens with books) and I think, "I could have made this better."
And then the movie plots I liked and the concepts I enjoy playing with and my ideas of how to make it better build up on each other.
It all started with Ender's Game. I have loved the concept of child soldiers ever since... well, I cannot remember. But it's been there for years and years.
When I saw Ender's Game, it reawakened the intrigue for that concept. I let it churn in my head.
On the same day, in the previews, I had seen a trailer for this movie called Delivery Man. Now don't freak out at the word I'm about to use. In it, a man donated sperm to a sperm bank, and after a mix up at the bank, he wound up with 500 kids.
So the concept of someone having 500 kids churned in my head. I myself am a big fan of having huge families, either through natural process or adoption or both. (One family I know adopted 14 kids.)
Then I was online this week going over my site the Hunger Games.
And as I lay awake in bed going over story ideas, I thought about having to read book 2 and 3 of the HG series. I thought about what my friend told me is going to happen, the characters I'll meet, and then I thought of a fanfiction concerning Finnick Odair.
I am in love with District 4, mostly because I love water. So Finnick Odair, ever since I first heard of him, struck me as an awesome guy.
So while I was thinking of Hunger Games, my sporadic brain slammed me with Ender's Game and that Delivery Man trailer and suddenly: intense idea!
The idea was this (will be taken down from here because I am paranoid of plagiarism):

Before the games portion of the Hunger Games begin, during the stylist stage, a sample of their, well, heh, reproductive stuff  > . > is taken from each tribute. When the victor has been decided, all other samples are destroyed.
Instead of following the tributes in the Games, the beginning of the story follows the journey of the sample of Katniss Everdeen. It sits in a cryo chamber awaiting its fate. As she is announced the victor of the Hunger Games along with Peeta Mellark, the rest of the samples are destroyed.
Only the stuff of victors is worth anything anyway.
More samples are taken from Katniss and Peeta. Many, many more during their surgeries at the Capital.
Then these lucky samples are shipped to the island of Hawaii.
Inside a genetic laboratory, these samples are fused with samples from other victors. They are altered and rearranged and transformed. Eventually, the samples are stimulated to come together and create an actual being.
Grown inside special, amniotic chambers, the fetuses develop into babies, and from there, they begin a structured developmental cycle as they are trained to be soldiers.
Children soldiers.
The main character of this story is one of three hundred, all siblings, all genetically engineered children of Katniss Everdeen and Finnick Odair.
And from there, I have a million and one plot holes and an equal number of plots. Who do they fight? Where? How does Katniss' rebellion affect them? Do they ever rebel themselves? Etc.
It might become an actual book someday, minus the Hunger Games portion, but for now it is the only fanfiction I will ever be writing. I think. If I ever do.



So yah, what about you guys? What do movie trailers or books or music or movies inspire you to write? What brilliant ideas come to mind? How many do you throw together, and how does it all come together in the end?

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

NaNo Day 6: how fitting is the rain

12:23 a.m.

Gonna try and write something before I go to beddy bye!



12:37 a.m.

I am too tired. Forget it. Going to bed now. >.> Will write in the morning.


5:33 p.m.

Got nothing done except 300+ words, but it's not worth mentioning.
I have a lot going on, more or less in terms of my friends and I creating a film together, and we're very pressed for time, seeing as the weather in Wisconsin is unbearably unpredictable.
Well, I've been stressed.
Anywho, Aisthesis will be officially opening by the end of this week. (Saturday to be exact). Also, Evanescent Penumbra will be opening as well (officially). I was having trouble with webs which is why it's been taking me so long to get stuff done. >.<
Two new sites also popping up! We have Highschool of the Dead and Chibi Quest Online! More info on both later. HOTD is almost complete. Just have to finish forums.
Both of those will be officially coming out next week! Yay!

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

NaNo Day 5: revisiting the goal

6:37 a.m.

So, I didn't get an update yesterday and I apologize. I hit 11,000+ words.
"Well that seems like a lot!" you say.
It is. It was getting very frustrating having to subtract 3567 from my total all the time.
So what I will do is just write my book and put the total up.
Then at the VERY last day, when I update the final word count, I will subtract 3567 from the total.
Makes my life easier.

Okay, anyway. I actually hit more like 13,000+ last night. I also watched Terra Nova and fooled around on the internet.

Today, I am going off to a major exam D: Let's hope I pass.


3:38 p.m.

So, the reason for the nifty title is that I want to change my word count goal for this year. i think I'm going to bring it down to 150k instead of 300k. Takes some pressure off of me but it will still get me past 50k.
Will 150k be enough to finish the book? No.
I planned on 300k not just cause I like being ridiculous, but because I planned out each part of my book to be at least 50k words per part.

So anyway, I passed my exam. None of my nano has been written today. Still have 9 hours to work on something.

12:06 a.m (next day)

Just wanted to let you know, I managed to crank out 2411 words in just a couple hours. I was very happy to hit my 15K goal before midnight! Woot!
Things are really stirring up in the books. Some new plots are presenting themselves. New characters are introduced (and I finally gave them names). The most interesting thing I've found in this session is the character development of Holly Gallowbae.
It makes sense that she would evolve because she is an important character, but the more I write her, the more she takes over and writes herself for me. She's trying to tell me something, and it is absolutley beautiful what she does.

Not to try and give away any spoilers (I doubt I can at this point) but I just wanted to talk a little bit about her before I forget the words in my head right now.

Holly comes across as a cute little thirteen year old. When we first meet her, she is wearing a hodgepodge of clothes, and is described as having these big, innocent blue eyes. She wears bells in her hair and flip flops. Sometimes she goes barefoot. In later scenes, we are introduced to a very grand seating room, with the pristine chairs covered in rainbow blankets and cushy cushions.
But then we see how ruthless and smart she is. She's like an adult trapped in a 13 year old's body. Honestly, I find that that is where my issues with writing her arise. Thankfully she ends up writing herself or I would fail.
(she scares FlyOn by the way xD)
But then we see how obsessed she is with Merce. That was not really my intention. My intention was to have this super smart, cute and little character who had a powerful weapon in her hands, and though she knows how to wield it, she doesn't really care about it. Well that changed. She orders him around. She keeps him to herself.
When I found out she was obsessed, I wondered why. I couldn't really wrap my mind around where this idea of a 13 year old being obsessed with a 17 year old came from. I mean, granted, he's her weapon, but is it power she is obsessed with?
Yes, but then I came to understand that power wasn't why she was obsessed with HIM.
It was paranoia.
During this writing session, Holly spits out this to Merce:


Holly looked into Merce’s eyes. “They are all our enemies. There is no such thing as a friend, not where we are concerned.”
“Necromancers.”
“Yes,” Holly pulled a blanket down around her shoulders, disappearing into purple fleece with golden stars, except for her head. “We are a despicable kind of thing, Merce. We are all that is dead and all that dies. We cannot have any real love or any trust, because in the end, we are all going to turn on each other.”
I love you.
Merce.
“And what of us, my lady?”
Holly smiled, her eyes looking straight through him to some distant place he could not see. “We are different, you and I. You are the only one I can trust. I am the only one you can hope to love.”


It just came out of nowhere, and I found myself scrambling to type it all down before I lost it.
And that is where I learned the truth of Holly Gallowbae.
Yes, she is drunk on power. She weilds her weapons and knows how to. But now I see she is paranoid. I mean, she had to struggle to get to the top didn't she?
Oh my god! 
This book is called Through Struggle!
Struggle!
AAAAHHHH!
Sorry, a mind blowing moment D:
Ok, I will stop here for now. I need to go write more of my book.
Peace Out Minions!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

NaNo Day 3: the art of the dance

Ah, how I love my NaNo hat.
Dovahkiin is officially my Word Count kitten! She is cute and sleeps in my lap. For some reason, she wakes up when I go on facebook and youtube, abandoning my novel. What a nice kitten :3

So, I have hit 9561 words (though on NaNo it is 5994 because I started the book already and it was at 3567 words, so I have to subtract that to find my NaNo number).

Ahh! Dovah woke up! I better get back to writing my novel D:


11:57 p.m.

So, I am done with this session. I wrote 4627, bringing me to a smashing 8186 words total. i did not hit 10k, but I'll definitely hit (and maybe pass) that number tomorrow! Woot!

I finished the morbid stuff and am moving on to a bit of explanation and mystery engaging. We just learned that Holly is a necromancer. Sweet stuff gonna happen!

P.S.
The NaNo hats work o.o
Go watch the NaNo video about writing tips. It was the first/second one or soemthing. The first dude on there who talked about hats and fluffy creatures. It really works!

OH! And my NaNo is on Wattpad! Not all of it. Yet. But at least 10k words of it. So go read!

Goodnight, Minions!

Saturday, November 2, 2013

NaNo Day 2: a morbid night to all

I meant to make a Day One post, I really did. But I didn't. So there. Here is Day Two.

I was struggling on doing Through Struggle or The MISSILE List. I'm definitely doing Through Struggle. Just, gonna go with that one. Yah.


9:36 p.m.

I am very, VERY behind, but I am catching up. I have 3 hours till midnight and several thousand to go. I'm doing alright so far.
I was going to do my next scene with Merce learning some stuff, and in turn, we learn about the necromancers :D. Well...
Well, I did a super short paragraph/scene where Merce and Holly are eating dinner. Holly mentions someone important coming over and teaching him something necessary for their survival.
My intention was to make a super tough, creepy, evil dude teach him how to, ya know, survive and fight and stuff.
It became WORSE.

_______

The something was tall, very tall. It stood over Merce on legs that were several yards long. It had four of them. It had a hunched back. A masked face. Its red clothes were shredded, and tangled in the shreds were strips of flesh, rotted bones, and gruesomely displayed organs and tissues. The creature’s mask was pure white, with a very long, gaping black hole where the mouth should be. Seven white horns protruded from the back of the skull to curl outward. Jagged daggers were stuck in its back. Merce could barely make out the hilts, for the thing was so tall. It hunched down so as not to be squashed against the ceiling.


__________

NOT AT ALL WHAT I HAD PLANNED!
More to come later :3


10:00 p.m.

Serious bis now! People are dying D: Shocker, I know.
People always die in my books. I swear, every character of mine has gotten or will be getting PTSD at some point in their lives.


10:42 p.m.
I have my NaNo Hat on. This thing works!
Whilst my character slaughters, I listen to "Kill Everybody" by Skrillex. So fitting.
And now... flaying alive.


In the light of the torch, a person stood. Mutilated beyond recognition. Eyeless sockets. Ribs punched out of the cage. Devoid of skin. Smothered in blood.
“MERCE! RUN!”
The skinless creature never opened its mouth, but the voice came from it.
Merce had never felt so uncertain before. He wanted to understand it. What was it? Why was it like this? Why was there a voice but no movement of the mouth? Why?
“RUN, MERCE! RUN!”
The skinless person took a step toward him. It’s knees buckled slightly. Walking caused it such obvious pain.
“Don’t!” Merce held out a hand to it. “Don’t move, just stay where you are!”
The person, if it really could continue being called that, ignored his cry and took another step.


Moving on...


11:53 p.m.

Well, I've hit the goal of the day at 3559 words. I'm all caught up! Woot!
I have been really lucky at finding music to fit the scene I'm writing. I did Creep Music Box for the dark halls, Kill Everybody for the slasher scene, and then for the weird/but/playful chase scene, I did Shadows by Lindsey Stirling.
I LOVE NANO!

Also, I stalked Filigree's blog and stumbled across the Chibi Maker! I am making chibis of some of my characters!

MERCE from THROUGH STRUGGLE































HOLLY from THROUGH STRUGGLE

































RIVER from THROUGH STRUGGLE




TARA SOLOMON from DEATH EATERS































MINERVA GOSS from DEATH EATERS






























SAM MESSERLI from DEATH EATERS































ALVIN WRIGHT from DEATH EATERS






























GERARD PRESTON from DEATH EATERS



BOB from DEATH EATERS


My two favorite characters:

Anarawd (left) and Train (right)
Train is cute, so he gets a panda hat.





I made tons more, but I won't bore you with them xD

The chibi maker is HERE

I'm gonna go now. It's now 1:05 a.m. on Sunday. Need sleep >.<

Goodnight minions.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

THE NIITARI.... LIED TO ME! DX

Hmm, well I wouldn't necessarily say that I LIED necessarily... well, lemme explain.

*sob*

I don't really know what I'm going to do for NaNo anymore. I figured I would do Through Struggle (hence previous post), but now it seems I don't have enough motivation.

So we'll see about that.

Also, I don't have pictures for you of my costumes >.> Hopefully by the end of this week since I'll be hanging out with TheJazzPony and we'll be fixing my costume a bit.

MOVING ON


AISTHESIS
Ah yes, the question you've all wanted answered is being answered:
When will Episode Three debut?
The end of October/beginning of November. My Halloween present to all of you!
Also my brother Yu-rai (aka Leif) is joining us! He's just learning the ropes of rping since he hasn't done it in, gosh, four years. So let's all be helpful and nice ^^

BRONTIDE
Mania wants it back. I want it gone. We shall see. I'll probably be turning it over to her.

THE HUNGERING GAMES
Year One is under way. The reapings have all started. A few have already happened.
The Arena this year is a swamp! It features quicksand, spurts of fire, and some rodents of unusual size ;)
Six of my characters are dying in this games. NOOOOOOO!!! DX Ah, well.
Stay tuned for more HG updates!
I have 57 characters on this site! FTW!

FIRE AND FROST
Well, it died again. Shocker there, right?


MY NEW SITES


ANGRY STREET FOES
So far, Mania and Kiba have taken over Flaky and Cuddles respectfully. I have Flippy! Yahoo! Rp will hopefully start soon. I'm just waiting around for them.
This site can be found HERE.


EVANESCENT PENUMBRA
Dawny and I are still going with our rp. I really need to advertise that sucker.
Yu-Rai has also joined this site.
This site can be found HERE

H.O.T.D.
My replacement for Brontide. It can be found HERE.


SITES I RP ON

GUILD OF SHADOWS
Maddy killed it, NOOO *sob* COME BACK MADDYYYYY!!!!


IMAGINE THIS
*sob*


JANLEA CITY
It so awesome :3 squeeeee! I remade my characters and they are BEAUTIFUL! Check them out on my characters site! Are they not epic!

VIGILANTE
The rp is going so well. Kai and Cleo are off to rescue Zeke! But Zeke's not there! Where'd he go? What will happen next? I really don't know. I pulled this plot off of a plot ideas page that Liam made.
I am absolutely in love with Zeke~! Can't you tell?

Friday, October 11, 2013

This Year's NaNo (and some other updates)

I have finally come to a decision on which book I will do for NaNo this year!


For those of you who follow me on wattpad, you've already gotten the premises of the book from the first two chapters up there. 
I really don't know how this book is going to go. It's the most bizarre thing I've ever written really. The writing style is my bad imitation of Victor Hugo's, I use a lot of abstract detail and flowery descriptions, the character has next to no real emotion and has no free will, the characters are all rooted in secrecy, and there is no good or evil here. Just evil, evil, and more evil.
But I don't care how people will see this book. I'm writing it purely for myself. If others like it enough, I'll put it up for publishing, or even if they don't I'll still try. The main character has been sitting with me for a long time and I think I've finally found the book for him.
So there: my NaNo novel for 2013. Through Struggle.


And for some other updates coming in future posts!

I'll be putting up some descriptions on The Half Breed's War, Evanescent Penumbra, and The Hungering Games.

I'll also be putting up photography regarding the LARPing event I'm a part of.

Also some pictures and details about a Steampunk Costume I'm putting together.

And of course, rp character updates! Yay!

I swear I'll get to them. I won't let you down Minions! Have a good October!