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hempfandangoToday is the first day of NaNo and I accomplished my daily word goal (which is "one thousand and a bit") so I'm happy. I'll post the first chapter when I've finished it. Eventually.
In the meantime, here's a plot summary.
I think I stole this from someone. I can't remember. I'll assume I did, just to save time.
Title: Ripper
Rating: Right now I'm thinking 14+ because I assume that people 14 and over can cope with swearing and gay people. There probably won't be any graphic violence and there definitely won't be any sex because I can't write either with a straight face.
Genre: Um. Miscellaneous?
Setting: A place I like to consider an "AU Earth". A world were people know that there are other worlds that can only be accessed through vague ways. I really haven't worked much on that part.
Plot: Lillith aka the lead singer/dancer/guitar player/pianist/mascot of the incredibally popular rock/punk/goth band Faerie Queen. She's on every radio station, every music channel (on the rare occasions they actually play music videos, that is), and on the cover of every magazine. The sales of piercings, rub-on tattoos and "Manic Panic" hair dye sky rocket, as her distinctive fashion style is being copied by every depressed 14 year old girl in the country.
Cookie Ingrid-Sato is an 18 year old girl who's little sister is obsessed with The Faerie Queen, and Lillith in particular. That's bad. Especially for a music snob like Cookie. It gets worse when her sister attends a massive concert and... vanishes. She's not the only one, either. Everyone who attended the concert has gone missing. When Cookie tries to consult her parents for advice, she discovers her house in ruins and her parents missing. The only thing that's left is a strange girl who claims to be a robot and a sword...
Cliches I'm Using: Magical sword (that's a katana, no less), robot ninjas, mysteeeeerious past, zombies, vampires, 18 year old girls, "a ragtag group of bastards team up to save the world or at least abstain from killing each other for a little while", slash, galactic police forces (which I creatively named "The Galactic Police" or "The GaP" for short). There's probably more but just listing those made me kind of depressed.
Original Aspects: Non-sexy female leads (as in, they're actually wearing a lot of clothing and it's not leather, pleather or spandex), no love interest for the protagonist (unless you choose to read it otherwise. I'm sort of leaving it open), the vampiric bureaucracy, and some other things I can't think of but I'm sure exist. Really.
Number of Characters: If I'm only counting main characters, there's 6. I'm not even going to bother trying to count all of the supporting characters, because I'd probably forget some anyway.
Number of EXTREME DANCE OFFs: None, sadly.
Number of Songs in the "Soundtrack": In the mid sixties somewhere. I'll probably add more as I go on.
That's all I can think of right now. I hope my fellow NaNoers are getting things done.
I want to say something slightly intelligent, but I'm exausted and I still have to read 12 Shakespearean sonnets. Um... Don't let the fires go out in your heart.
In the meantime, here's a plot summary.
I think I stole this from someone. I can't remember. I'll assume I did, just to save time.
Title: Ripper
Rating: Right now I'm thinking 14+ because I assume that people 14 and over can cope with swearing and gay people. There probably won't be any graphic violence and there definitely won't be any sex because I can't write either with a straight face.
Genre: Um. Miscellaneous?
Setting: A place I like to consider an "AU Earth". A world were people know that there are other worlds that can only be accessed through vague ways. I really haven't worked much on that part.
Plot: Lillith aka the lead singer/dancer/guitar player/pianist/mascot of the incredibally popular rock/punk/goth band Faerie Queen. She's on every radio station, every music channel (on the rare occasions they actually play music videos, that is), and on the cover of every magazine. The sales of piercings, rub-on tattoos and "Manic Panic" hair dye sky rocket, as her distinctive fashion style is being copied by every depressed 14 year old girl in the country.
Cookie Ingrid-Sato is an 18 year old girl who's little sister is obsessed with The Faerie Queen, and Lillith in particular. That's bad. Especially for a music snob like Cookie. It gets worse when her sister attends a massive concert and... vanishes. She's not the only one, either. Everyone who attended the concert has gone missing. When Cookie tries to consult her parents for advice, she discovers her house in ruins and her parents missing. The only thing that's left is a strange girl who claims to be a robot and a sword...
Cliches I'm Using: Magical sword (that's a katana, no less), robot ninjas, mysteeeeerious past, zombies, vampires, 18 year old girls, "a ragtag group of bastards team up to save the world or at least abstain from killing each other for a little while", slash, galactic police forces (which I creatively named "The Galactic Police" or "The GaP" for short). There's probably more but just listing those made me kind of depressed.
Original Aspects: Non-sexy female leads (as in, they're actually wearing a lot of clothing and it's not leather, pleather or spandex), no love interest for the protagonist (unless you choose to read it otherwise. I'm sort of leaving it open), the vampiric bureaucracy, and some other things I can't think of but I'm sure exist. Really.
Number of Characters: If I'm only counting main characters, there's 6. I'm not even going to bother trying to count all of the supporting characters, because I'd probably forget some anyway.
Number of EXTREME DANCE OFFs: None, sadly.
Number of Songs in the "Soundtrack": In the mid sixties somewhere. I'll probably add more as I go on.
That's all I can think of right now. I hope my fellow NaNoers are getting things done.
I want to say something slightly intelligent, but I'm exausted and I still have to read 12 Shakespearean sonnets. Um... Don't let the fires go out in your heart.
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Date: 2005-11-02 04:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-03 03:20 am (UTC)I'm at 3534 now. What about you?
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Date: 2005-11-03 09:09 am (UTC)Until then, I'm going to keep my finger crossed for any brave person who dare to fulfill this noble task :)
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Date: 2005-11-03 09:18 pm (UTC)You speak (or type, I guess) excellent English, though. Better than most native speakers, anyway. ;)
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Date: 2005-11-03 10:25 pm (UTC)Well, I'm learning from the best teachers, visiting their lj pages and reading their fics :)
... and lj check-speller is one of my dearest friends ;)
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Date: 2005-11-05 08:01 pm (UTC)Thought you'd be interested - I've put a Mary Sue in my story. It's actually not a person, though. It's a bathroom. Marble floor, soft vintage lighting, clawfoot bathtub, nearly infinite counter space. Mmmm, wish-fulfillment.
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Date: 2005-11-06 01:57 am (UTC)There's a Sue in my story, but she's the villain. Big surprise.