I, personally, believe that having a great pen and notebook is essential for writing--or, in my case, planning, because I always do all my actual writing on the computer.
Anyways, though, I don't know why I feel like discussing pens and notebooks, but I do.
My lucky pen is pretty boring. It's a normal, dollar store quality Bic, but the end is all cracked because I'm one of the gross people who chews on my pens. Not in public, but still.
My notebook, on the other hand, is very small. It has the names of all kinds of places that I want to visit someday written on it--places like New York, Paris, Rome, London--I'm into traveling.
I have a notebook that I'm going to use when my regular one gets filled up--it's a Moleskine, plain black, and absolutely beautiful. I'm almost afriad to write in it and tarnish it, though :/
Tell me about your favourite pens/notebooks in the comments!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Me characters!
I set my Facebook language to pirate (they didn't have ninja-speak, sadly), thus, the pirate title.
Anyways, I figured I would talk about my main characters, mostly because NaNo is now in one month, three days (!!!!!!) and I know my character's names. This makes me feel proud. So, without further ado:
-Fallon Grant: One of the cattle (side note: I supose it would help if you knew a bit of my plot. Basically, it's fantasy. Magic is a bit of a shameful affection, although I don't know why yet. Usually, magic people, who are nicknamed "cattle" because they're branded like, well, cattle, go to an Outpost for schooling, where they feel kinda sorta normal, but sometimes, you get those annoying stubborn ones who think that they "shouldn't be ashamed of themselves" and go to a normal school. This is where my three MCs meet--at a boarding school in Vermont. Then they find out about an Evil Plot (TM) and figure that they have to stop Villain from Destroying The World. Only I'm going to try and make it less cliche). She is the unofficial leader of her friends, because she's very outspoken. Shes clever and noble, but she has a tendency to do some really stupid things because she doesn't really stop to think. Also, in the words of JK Rowling, she has "a bit of a saving people thing."
-Lee Jacobson: Another one of the cattle, and one of Fallon and Bowie's best friends. Lee is a perfectionist. He's also a bit of a follower and he's very smart (I swear, smart is, like, a requirement of my characters). He's loyal and he's really hard on himself, even when he does everything right. Lee is very good at history, which is how the MCs find out about Evil Plot (TM).
-Bowie Kruse (God, my poor characters with their poor sucky names. Bowie, I'm very sorry that you had the misfortune of being called "Bowie" , never mind your surname): Bowie yet another one of the cattle, and best friends with Lee and Fallon. He is a slacker, and a womanizer. He is a foster child and gets into fights a lot. He's kind of a jerkass, come to think of it. He's very charming and arrogant, and he considers life to be a game.
-John Wit: My antagonist. He is magic too (I'm getting tired of just saying, "one of the cattle" over and over). John was bullied as a kid and now, basically, wants to cause the "normal" people pain and suffering. He's a sociopath and he's good at manipulating people. He is not that cliche, I swear, but I'm running out of space and time and can't fit his entire bio in here.
-Lucas Dahl: Yet another magi. John's best and only friend. Always seems to need someone to tell him what to do. He's sort of a hired thug, except again, John and Lucas have been friends since childhood. Lucas is a very good liar.
And to think that I have a whole lot of other character's left out! I don't think I did my plot justice, but whatever--it's NaNo! I'm allowed not to have justice! :D
Anyways, I figured I would talk about my main characters, mostly because NaNo is now in one month, three days (!!!!!!) and I know my character's names. This makes me feel proud. So, without further ado:
-Fallon Grant: One of the cattle (side note: I supose it would help if you knew a bit of my plot. Basically, it's fantasy. Magic is a bit of a shameful affection, although I don't know why yet. Usually, magic people, who are nicknamed "cattle" because they're branded like, well, cattle, go to an Outpost for schooling, where they feel kinda sorta normal, but sometimes, you get those annoying stubborn ones who think that they "shouldn't be ashamed of themselves" and go to a normal school. This is where my three MCs meet--at a boarding school in Vermont. Then they find out about an Evil Plot (TM) and figure that they have to stop Villain from Destroying The World. Only I'm going to try and make it less cliche). She is the unofficial leader of her friends, because she's very outspoken. Shes clever and noble, but she has a tendency to do some really stupid things because she doesn't really stop to think. Also, in the words of JK Rowling, she has "a bit of a saving people thing."
-Lee Jacobson: Another one of the cattle, and one of Fallon and Bowie's best friends. Lee is a perfectionist. He's also a bit of a follower and he's very smart (I swear, smart is, like, a requirement of my characters). He's loyal and he's really hard on himself, even when he does everything right. Lee is very good at history, which is how the MCs find out about Evil Plot (TM).
-Bowie Kruse (God, my poor characters with their poor sucky names. Bowie, I'm very sorry that you had the misfortune of being called "Bowie" , never mind your surname): Bowie yet another one of the cattle, and best friends with Lee and Fallon. He is a slacker, and a womanizer. He is a foster child and gets into fights a lot. He's kind of a jerkass, come to think of it. He's very charming and arrogant, and he considers life to be a game.
-John Wit: My antagonist. He is magic too (I'm getting tired of just saying, "one of the cattle" over and over). John was bullied as a kid and now, basically, wants to cause the "normal" people pain and suffering. He's a sociopath and he's good at manipulating people. He is not that cliche, I swear, but I'm running out of space and time and can't fit his entire bio in here.
-Lucas Dahl: Yet another magi. John's best and only friend. Always seems to need someone to tell him what to do. He's sort of a hired thug, except again, John and Lucas have been friends since childhood. Lucas is a very good liar.
And to think that I have a whole lot of other character's left out! I don't think I did my plot justice, but whatever--it's NaNo! I'm allowed not to have justice! :D
Monday, September 27, 2010
Getting back into routine
:O Two blog posts... two days in a row? Whoa, it's some sort of miracle!
Or, you know, not.
So, I'm trying to get all the small things done before the site relaunch, which is in... four days! Or so, anyways. You know... posting everyday, just like I'm going to have to write everyday.
I'm also getting my music ready. My NaNo playlist consists of two things... "character" songs, and catchy songs. I assume you all know what this means, but in case you don't, I'll summarize... "character" songs = songs about characters. Catchy songs = songs that make you want to dance, or, at least, type faster.
Not so difficult.
I just realized though... for the next two or three months, anyone who doesn't know what NaNo is is going to get really confused. Which is fantastic excuse to go check out the NaNoWriMo website! (www.nanowrimo.org).
Okay, next topic (I missed a month of blogging. I have a lot of topics): Fund raising! For NaNo, of course. So, I'm going to beg people for money this year--er, I mean, get sponsored. (Do it! You know you want to!) Also, I have about seventy five bucks stashed away at home. Part of it is for food, but the other part is for donating. I think I'll send out emails around October first, so... I'll keep you updated, I suppose!
Or, you know, not.
So, I'm trying to get all the small things done before the site relaunch, which is in... four days! Or so, anyways. You know... posting everyday, just like I'm going to have to write everyday.
I'm also getting my music ready. My NaNo playlist consists of two things... "character" songs, and catchy songs. I assume you all know what this means, but in case you don't, I'll summarize... "character" songs = songs about characters. Catchy songs = songs that make you want to dance, or, at least, type faster.
Not so difficult.
I just realized though... for the next two or three months, anyone who doesn't know what NaNo is is going to get really confused. Which is fantastic excuse to go check out the NaNoWriMo website! (www.nanowrimo.org).
Okay, next topic (I missed a month of blogging. I have a lot of topics): Fund raising! For NaNo, of course. So, I'm going to beg people for money this year--er, I mean, get sponsored. (Do it! You know you want to!) Also, I have about seventy five bucks stashed away at home. Part of it is for food, but the other part is for donating. I think I'll send out emails around October first, so... I'll keep you updated, I suppose!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
I have no title.
So, uh, sorry about that... extended absence... *Coughhasn't-logged-on-for-a-monthcough* Sadly, I don't even have an interesting topic to blog about... only complaints. Ah, well, I'm a teenager. I'm good at that.
Complaint #1: High school. Which I just started. And already hate. Turns out that no one actually bursts into song in the hallways, at least not at my school. Go figure.
Complaint #2, which actually tires in with Complaint #1: My course schedule... I HAVE GYM FIRST PERIOD. To anyone who tries to tell me that gym is "fun" and that it's "not so bad" to have to "sweat" first period (I'm going to stop using obscene amounts of quotation marks) ... to them I say, "DON'T BOTHER".
Complaint #3: THERE'S STILL ONE MONTH FIVE DAYS UNTIL NANO :(
Now I suppose I'll offset my complaints with some good things...
Good Thing #1: I made a new friend who happens to be a writer. And who happens to also be a Nerdfighter. And who happens to know what NaNo is, though she hasn't participated. Oh, and who happens to be another Harry Potter nerd.
Good Thing #2: New Friend and I found out that Writers' Workshop (a writing club) is going to start this Friday or next. Hooray for meeting new writers!
Good Thing #3: I HAVE A FREAKING GREAT IDEA FOR NANO! HOORAY!
That is all.
Complaint #1: High school. Which I just started. And already hate. Turns out that no one actually bursts into song in the hallways, at least not at my school. Go figure.
Complaint #2, which actually tires in with Complaint #1: My course schedule... I HAVE GYM FIRST PERIOD. To anyone who tries to tell me that gym is "fun" and that it's "not so bad" to have to "sweat" first period (I'm going to stop using obscene amounts of quotation marks) ... to them I say, "DON'T BOTHER".
Complaint #3: THERE'S STILL ONE MONTH FIVE DAYS UNTIL NANO :(
Now I suppose I'll offset my complaints with some good things...
Good Thing #1: I made a new friend who happens to be a writer. And who happens to also be a Nerdfighter. And who happens to know what NaNo is, though she hasn't participated. Oh, and who happens to be another Harry Potter nerd.
Good Thing #2: New Friend and I found out that Writers' Workshop (a writing club) is going to start this Friday or next. Hooray for meeting new writers!
Good Thing #3: I HAVE A FREAKING GREAT IDEA FOR NANO! HOORAY!
That is all.
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