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Full Disclosure: I blame this entirely on [livejournal.com profile] lovelykitta. XD

I was not originally planning on doing anything this year for NaNoWriMo. I've always loved the idea and wanted to do something for it, but none of my projects ever aligned with November very well (not to mention for years November was a busy school month filled with the march toward finals). At the most, I was hoping to sort of feed off the writing vibes and maybe finish up Queen Kale (that I started like, three months ago) or work more on Heart Stone: A Tale of Tamara (that has been lost to writing purgatory for over a year now).

But once I was introduced to the prompt tables over at [livejournal.com profile] 100_prompts, ideas just started flowing. I also really love them because it allows me to write short stories to break up the 50,000 word count easily instead of staring at a monolithic number to fill with just one story. So I decided to tackle them for Dragon Flyz (since I've always wanted to write in this fandom, but have never quite gotten around to it).

I picked Table A, which is as follows:

001.Evidence002.I'm here003.Funeral004.Puppy love005.Gloves
006.Blackboard007.Muse008.Magic009.Clean010.Secret
011.Superstition012.Fantasy013.Test014.Tease015.Storm
016.Strawberries017.Weapon018.Beach019.Lost020.Cry
021.Aloof022.Blood023.Tower Block024.Taxi025.Search
026.Writer's Choice027.Writer's Choice028.Writer's Choice029.Writer's Choice030.Writer's Choice


Ideally, I'd like to match each of the prompts to a specific character, and try to get to as many of the characters on the list as possible for variety's sake.  I just finished a three-day marathon through the series (and took five pages of notepad-sized notes), so it's all fresh in my mind again.  I realized that there is not actually very much character development going on there, but the world is actually rather nicely developed.  Off topic, but the backgrounds in that show are really lovely too.

So this is going to be crazy, but definitely fun! I'm thinking about signing up officially on the website now and maybe even attending one of the write-ins. XD

Date: 2012-10-20 11:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
This sounds like fun! But you are much more ambitious than I am. :)

Date: 2012-10-21 01:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovelykitta.livejournal.com
*bows graciously* I accept full blame for the sake of fics!

(it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-21 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
oh, that's what happened to me - I saw the prompt tables and well, six prompts later..

Date: 2012-10-21 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
You should give it a whirl! Even if you can't make the word count (I'm certainly not sure I will!), NaNoWriMo always makes me feel like writing something during November. :)

Date: 2012-10-21 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
Hopefully by the end I'll have something worthwhile for human consumption instead of a big hot mess. XD

Re: (it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-21 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
Do you think you'll do all the prompts for Naruto? (Or maybe just Table A?)

Re: (it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-21 05:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
Dunno yet - a Ronin Warriors snuck in for one of the prompts (lost). It all depends on which rabid muse attacks my ankle when I get to the prompt. A Winx may sneak in, maybe even a Monster Force.

Re: (it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-22 12:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
Ooh, I hope Winx makes an appearance!

By the by, would you mind if I friend this fandom journal as well?

Re: (it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-22 12:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
go for it :)
I just had the Jewel Riders appear

Date: 2012-10-22 12:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
Quit giving me ideas!!! Well it's kind of been floating around my head since you first posted this, don't encourage it! LOL Although I do like the prompt idea, what is it 2000 words a prompt?

How are you posting these, in a word document or are you putting yours up on LJ?

PS: that Icon is SO perfect

Date: 2012-10-22 12:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
I think you will, we should convince you to post them anyways. :) I've always enjoyed your fics

Date: 2012-10-22 12:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
:tempts, tempts, tempts::
I've posted mine in my new fandom journal - as for me, I go as far as I can before the bunny decides to scamper back into it's hole

Date: 2012-10-22 02:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovelykitta.livejournal.com
I will happily beta for you if you'd like!

Re: (it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-22 05:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
WOOT Jewel Riders!

And even though I'm not really a Gwen/Ian shipper, that was a darling ficlet.

Date: 2012-10-22 05:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
Well, if each of the thirty prompts (including the 5 Writer's Choice ones) are divvied up equally, it would end up being about 1,667 words per prompt. Though of course I fully expect some to go a bit longer, and others to run a bit shorter.

I'll probably write it all in a Word document (easy word counting!), but I'm also thinking of posting them here daily just for fun.

P.S. Thanks! I loved Sokka, and this icon was just too awesome to pass up. XD
By the by, I've always liked your icon as well. It's Kida from Atlantis, right?

Date: 2012-10-22 05:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
I would love to trade beta duties post-November. It would be fun to have your thoughts on each of the stories. :)

Also, are you going to officially sign up on the NaNo website/attend any of the write-ins?
Edited Date: 2012-10-22 05:27 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-10-22 05:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovelykitta.livejournal.com
Hee, same here!

Date: 2012-10-22 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovelykitta.livejournal.com
Nah, not this year. It just doesn't feel right since I'm not writing a novel this time.

Re: (it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-22 06:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
Gwen and Drake? It's one of my favorite pairs. :)

Date: 2012-10-22 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
That icon so fits you......

And some of the bunnies you find, scare me, but some are highly amusing.

Date: 2012-10-22 06:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
I haven't watched a great deal of the air bender but Sokka was also my favorite. And yep that's Kaida

Hmm, word. Good point, word count would be good because it would be the only way for me to figure it out.

Re: (it's Chris - hiya)

Date: 2012-10-22 10:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
thank you :)
I personally will go either way with who Gwen gets shipped with

Date: 2012-10-22 10:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
y u no luv mah bunnehiez XD (sorry, I had to type it out like that)

and yeah, that icon does fit, doesn't it? ::giggles::

Date: 2012-10-22 11:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
You just made my brain hurt..... I had to read it four times to understand it completely.

Date: 2012-10-22 11:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
>:3
(at least look on the bright side - it's the only time you'd ever see me type like that)

Date: 2012-10-22 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crystalheart.livejournal.com
I'm very glad!

Date: 2012-10-22 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] strongheartmaid.livejournal.com
it hurt me to type it as it did for you to read it

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