Hey look, it's a NaNoWriMo meme!

Gakked from eleanorb.

BASIC STATS:
NaNo ID: Meteor.
NaNo since: 2002.
Working title: I think I'll keep this under wraps for now.
WIP Genre: Fantasy.
Projected word count: 50,000 or more.

AT THE START: DO YOU...
Have an outline? I have a rough order of events in my head.
Scene-by-scene? Not this time.
Know how it starts? Yes.
Know how it ends? No.
Have your climax in order? Yes.
Know your main characters yet? Most of them.
Have a particular tone in mind? Yes.
Plan to draw on your own experiences? In a weird way, yes.

IS YOUR WORK GOING TO BE:
Funny? Probably not. I suck at comedy.
Serious? Pretty much.
Sad? Yes. I want to break some hearts!
Semi-autobiographical? I wish.
Based on another story? No.
Influenced by any authors/current publications? None that I can pinpoint. But we're all the sum of our influences.

HOW HAVE MUCH YOU PLANNED? HAVE YOU USED:
A paper journal? Yes, my trusty notepad.
Pens? Yes.
Multicolored pens? No.
A computer? Yes. Typed up notes are so much easier to read.
Index cards? No. I've never used these for anything.
Lists? No.
Bulleted lists? No.
Plot charts? No.
Character charts? No. Hmm. Am I supposed to have done all these things?
Character formulas? What the hell is a character formula?
Favorite writing resource: The internet. You can find almost anything there.

ODDS AND ENDS:
A line you would like to use: "I don't believe in destiny."
A scene you would like to include: A swordfight by the edge of an abyss at sunset. Yeah, I'm a fan of the melodramatic.
A concept you would like to explore: How great events are shaped by the smallest things.
A character you would like to use: Yven. But there's only room for one dark, brooding antihero in this story, and this time he's not it. Sorry.

FORWARD THINKING
Do you expect to be able to complete it? If I keep to my schedule, yes.
Do you intend to complete it? Yes.
Would you ever try to publish it? Mm, I have plans of my own for this. But we'll see how it turns out.
What do you expect to get out of this month of frantic writing? A sense of achievement from having met the challenge this time (I hope). Lots of lovely raw material to shape in the year ahead. And a good time sharing the experience with all the others taking part.

Day 1

Word count:

Today - 1812
Total - 1812

It wasn't as painful as I'd expected it to be. I wrote two scenes - the first one a kind of metaish thing where some of the characters are talking backstage. Just something I wanted to do to warm up. The second one was the final confrontation scene from which we will be flashing back.

I spent a lot longer on the first scene than the second, mostly because it was almost eleven by the time I got back from the Infinity8lue concert, and I had to do another 800 words by midnight. You really do write a lot quicker when you don't get all picky over word choice.