Yes, my 2009 project is that close. I'm nervous but mostly excited about...everything. I came up with ideas for my last two stories. One of them is the fantasy story that I agonized over for several weeks. I decided to do a rewirte of one of my older stories. I wrote out a lot of the detail and plot line this time so it's more...prepared. When I first came up with this idea for a story, I ws at school, and this was about 4 years ago. I'm keeping the title the same, but I'm renaming most of the characters. I'm actually going to try and make my character's names mean something.
Anyway, the other idea that I came up with was for my future NaNo (I know, I've planned that far ahead). This idea came from a video game this time. I know, kind of weird. But the plot and ideas are all forming in my head. I'm going to write this all down before I forgot and I don't want to do that. :P
Well, I hope that you're all having a fantastic holiday! I'm counting down the days until I must resign and stop working on Last One Standing. Though I might cheat and finish. Well, enjoy the rest of your time off!
Yuki
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Woot!
I am currently at 105,079 words and guess what? I finally reached my halfway point in the novel! Woot! I'm so excited. Yesterday, I broke 100,000 and pushed my way here today. So I'm happy and going to take the rest of the night off so I can formulate more ideas in my head. :ninja: Actually, I need to do some planning and editing. :6:
HALF OF MY STORY LEFT!! :D
HALF OF MY STORY LEFT!! :D
Monday, December 15, 2008
Special Announcment!
Good tidings I bring!
Tonight (even though this post is techincally morning), my little sister finished her first novel. I'm so proud of her and her work! :D Congrats to you, sis! I hope to be there soon as well
Also, I broke my record of how much I wrote in one day. My previous record was eight thousand words in a day. Now it's ten thousand. My little fingers are a little tired but my brain even more so. :P
Time for bed.
Yuki
Tonight (even though this post is techincally morning), my little sister finished her first novel. I'm so proud of her and her work! :D Congrats to you, sis! I hope to be there soon as well
Also, I broke my record of how much I wrote in one day. My previous record was eight thousand words in a day. Now it's ten thousand. My little fingers are a little tired but my brain even more so. :P
Time for bed.
Yuki
Thursday, December 11, 2008
My Past, How I Started Writing (2)
Part Two:
In my previous post, I talked about how I ran paper routes for most of my childhood and left off at getting a new house in 2001 and quitting the routes. By then I was a little into my eigth grade year. I just started Algebra one, and struggled through that course. I also took my third year of band, where I became the second best clairnet player in the group (my teacher said so). I even had two close friends that I spent a lot of time with. Maybe I should tell about that one too. In my first year of band, I met a flute player, "M", she and I start just talking and we ended up becoming friends.
However, in my seventh grade year, talked to this other flute player, "L", and we also became friends. I couldn't have been happier. I used to consider my outcast back in those days so having two friends was a blessing to me. In my 7th grade days, I also wanted to get closer to the Lord. Though our youth minister at the time did nothing to make me feel welcome or special in the youth group, I still wanted a relationship with Christ. I talked this over with L and she told me about her salvation. I didn't become a Christian right then. I knew that I needed to pray about this more. Around that time, jealousy ensued. M didn't want me to hang out with L because she felt like I was giving more time to her. I didn't care either way and continued to divide my time. Then it all stopped.
Ah, I forgot to mention a very important happenening in our first year at our school. My mom became a part of the Parent Advisory Team, a group of parents who helped decide where money should be spent, classes, and other things. Though she wasn't qualified (because you had to have been at the school for a year), she got on anyway. That began another chapter in our crazy lives. Don't get me wrong, we liked being busy but sometimes you need a break. Also in my seventh grade, I started talking to another girl. She was new and I wanted her to feel welcome. I took a creative writing class with a really nice teacher. However, trouble ensued on the final project of the class, a video project. The boys had enough members to have one team while the girls split into two. I had a lot of people I knew on mine. However, things went wrong from the very start. We couldn't get our video equipment to work and couldn't borrow the school's because they only had one camera, used by the boys.
When the unveiling of our project came about, we had about two minutes of our work. That was it. We were humiliated and the boys make jabs at us. We left that class in tears. I told my mom, who told the principle. I dropped the class. However, the new girl that I was talking to was joining the next part of that class. I was talking to her about our schedules and was telling her how good the class was, even though I had a bad experience. The teacher thought I was bad mouthing him and got angry at me. He claimed that he never heard the comments from the boys and that I was a horrible person. That added more to my hurt. (Later he got fired for throwing objects at students.)
Now in the seventh grade, I was thirteen. I had already started to write my first story (which no one will ever read) called Saraki's Big Adventure. I was so proud of that work as well. Of course no one ever read a the few pages I had written because I didn't want them to know about it. So I continued writing and started another peace called Planet Ice-Cream (every bit as horrorfying as it sounds). I also had two songs written. One called "She Didn't Go There" and another "Where R U Going?". As I mentioned before, my songs were very much influenced by the first CDs my parents bought us (us being my older sister and I). The first three that we owned were "WOW Hits 2003", Steven Curtis Chapan's "Declaration", and Zoegirl's "Life". Those were our lifelines at the time and our first exposure to "Christian" music. All of what we played before was in band.
Seventh grade turned into eighth and I talked to more people. My mom quit her job as a warehouse manager and could actually be involved in our lives more. We were all excited at this. However, our cars broke down. We got a purple van to preplace our old one. We repaired our Ford and it got better gas mileage than before. At that time, my older sister skipped her Algebra assignments and ended up with a severe punishment for doing so. I was horrified and the lessons I skipped, I went right ahead and made them up. At that point, I didn't write as much as I would've liked. But that didn't matter. When I was in that grade, some demons started to attack me. This happened around the same time as my youth minister left our church for being involved in an affair with another member (both of them married). Even though I didn't know the minister that well, I was still impacted.
That began the tipping point in my life. I still knew about God and His existence, yes. However, I hated church. I never wanted to go but would. Sometimes I would feign illness to get out of going. Headaches for me became very common along with migraines. So I used those to get out of church. I admit that I shouldn't have, but I did. I'm ashamed of that part of my past. I also was teased about my weight. I wasn't heavy, in fact I looked anorexic. Even though I was super skinny, I ate like a pig. I could eat and eat and never gain an ounce. However, M, who was a little on the heavy side, delievered the most teasing. I hated myself. I hated causing pain to my friend because she wasn't as light as me. I cut my hip. I knew about cutting and that if you cut your wrists, people would notice. I had no way to disguise that so I cut a less obvious spot. Never once did the blade cut real deep. However, I still cut myself. I began to fall into a deep depression that no one knew. My life became a facade. No one could tell that I was unhappy.
End Part Two
In my previous post, I talked about how I ran paper routes for most of my childhood and left off at getting a new house in 2001 and quitting the routes. By then I was a little into my eigth grade year. I just started Algebra one, and struggled through that course. I also took my third year of band, where I became the second best clairnet player in the group (my teacher said so). I even had two close friends that I spent a lot of time with. Maybe I should tell about that one too. In my first year of band, I met a flute player, "M", she and I start just talking and we ended up becoming friends.
However, in my seventh grade year, talked to this other flute player, "L", and we also became friends. I couldn't have been happier. I used to consider my outcast back in those days so having two friends was a blessing to me. In my 7th grade days, I also wanted to get closer to the Lord. Though our youth minister at the time did nothing to make me feel welcome or special in the youth group, I still wanted a relationship with Christ. I talked this over with L and she told me about her salvation. I didn't become a Christian right then. I knew that I needed to pray about this more. Around that time, jealousy ensued. M didn't want me to hang out with L because she felt like I was giving more time to her. I didn't care either way and continued to divide my time. Then it all stopped.
Ah, I forgot to mention a very important happenening in our first year at our school. My mom became a part of the Parent Advisory Team, a group of parents who helped decide where money should be spent, classes, and other things. Though she wasn't qualified (because you had to have been at the school for a year), she got on anyway. That began another chapter in our crazy lives. Don't get me wrong, we liked being busy but sometimes you need a break. Also in my seventh grade, I started talking to another girl. She was new and I wanted her to feel welcome. I took a creative writing class with a really nice teacher. However, trouble ensued on the final project of the class, a video project. The boys had enough members to have one team while the girls split into two. I had a lot of people I knew on mine. However, things went wrong from the very start. We couldn't get our video equipment to work and couldn't borrow the school's because they only had one camera, used by the boys.
When the unveiling of our project came about, we had about two minutes of our work. That was it. We were humiliated and the boys make jabs at us. We left that class in tears. I told my mom, who told the principle. I dropped the class. However, the new girl that I was talking to was joining the next part of that class. I was talking to her about our schedules and was telling her how good the class was, even though I had a bad experience. The teacher thought I was bad mouthing him and got angry at me. He claimed that he never heard the comments from the boys and that I was a horrible person. That added more to my hurt. (Later he got fired for throwing objects at students.)
Now in the seventh grade, I was thirteen. I had already started to write my first story (which no one will ever read) called Saraki's Big Adventure. I was so proud of that work as well. Of course no one ever read a the few pages I had written because I didn't want them to know about it. So I continued writing and started another peace called Planet Ice-Cream (every bit as horrorfying as it sounds). I also had two songs written. One called "She Didn't Go There" and another "Where R U Going?". As I mentioned before, my songs were very much influenced by the first CDs my parents bought us (us being my older sister and I). The first three that we owned were "WOW Hits 2003", Steven Curtis Chapan's "Declaration", and Zoegirl's "Life". Those were our lifelines at the time and our first exposure to "Christian" music. All of what we played before was in band.
Seventh grade turned into eighth and I talked to more people. My mom quit her job as a warehouse manager and could actually be involved in our lives more. We were all excited at this. However, our cars broke down. We got a purple van to preplace our old one. We repaired our Ford and it got better gas mileage than before. At that time, my older sister skipped her Algebra assignments and ended up with a severe punishment for doing so. I was horrified and the lessons I skipped, I went right ahead and made them up. At that point, I didn't write as much as I would've liked. But that didn't matter. When I was in that grade, some demons started to attack me. This happened around the same time as my youth minister left our church for being involved in an affair with another member (both of them married). Even though I didn't know the minister that well, I was still impacted.
That began the tipping point in my life. I still knew about God and His existence, yes. However, I hated church. I never wanted to go but would. Sometimes I would feign illness to get out of going. Headaches for me became very common along with migraines. So I used those to get out of church. I admit that I shouldn't have, but I did. I'm ashamed of that part of my past. I also was teased about my weight. I wasn't heavy, in fact I looked anorexic. Even though I was super skinny, I ate like a pig. I could eat and eat and never gain an ounce. However, M, who was a little on the heavy side, delievered the most teasing. I hated myself. I hated causing pain to my friend because she wasn't as light as me. I cut my hip. I knew about cutting and that if you cut your wrists, people would notice. I had no way to disguise that so I cut a less obvious spot. Never once did the blade cut real deep. However, I still cut myself. I began to fall into a deep depression that no one knew. My life became a facade. No one could tell that I was unhappy.
End Part Two
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
My Past, How I Started Writing
Hey all, I hope you read this post because I wanted to share my history and how I started writing. I know I usually use this blog for writing purposes only but I thought that this would be interesting. This will probably become a two or three part post, depending on how much I want to get into.
Part One: Introductions
Hello, my name is Yukioh Monozuki, or at least that's my online name. I started writing at the tender age of tweleve. I don't remember all of the circumstances that got me to the point where I started to put my thoughts on paper, but I did. At first though, I didn't want to share or open up my work and when my older sister read a piece of it out loud and called what I wrote "stupid" I almost gave up. But I didn't I kept on writing because I wanted to prove her wrong. My stories were childish at the time, yes, but you have to start somewhere. At that age, I was just adjusting to an unfamiliar setting. In my younger years, my mother completely homeschooled us. Also, we just moved to our first house. Needless to say, a lot of changes happened in that short amount of time.
I think in that transition of a new found freedom helped me a little. My first works were songs, inspired by new CDs that our parents gave us for Christmas. But before I get to that, I need to explain the life that we lived beforehand. At a very young age, we moved from the east coast to the northwest. I don't remember everything that happened but I do remember staying at my aunt's house for a while while we looked for a house. My dad just got out of the navy and was looking for employment. While doing that, my mom took a job at Toys 'R Us to help support me and my three sibliings. My older sister and I went to school with my cousins while my younger siblings stayed home.
At that time, I remember some good times and bad. We were pressed for space with a total of ten people sharing a trailer. However we made the best of everything. Eventually, we rented a two story duplex near where my dad got employment. This became the first remarkable event in our lives. We got to move into our own place! I mean, we lived in a house on the east coast, but we got to live on our own again. This excited us. However, we couldn't live on my dad's salary alone. My mom took up a paper route to help make ends meet. And at that time, my older sis (age ten) and I (age eight) helped her. We woke up in the middle of the night to help bag, fold, and run these routes. At one point we had up to three. We were homeschooled at this point so most of our schooling took place in the late morning/afternoons.
My older sister and I would alternate days, except on Sunday's. My dad helped out then and we would split the route in two. We attended church when we could, but most of the time we were took exhausted to go. Still, we made ends meet and got to spend time knowing God. Now, while this seems like a terrible experience I learned a lot though it all. I got to spend some good time with my mom and dad (as I would go with him on Sunday's because I knew my way around :P). I grew close to them and we had a strong bond. I must say that through the "harsh" times, we pull through by God's grace. As a result of the route, our cars started to break down and we couldn't afford to fix them at the time. Yet God provided. It was clear that even though we couldn't go to church every week, His hand was upon us. I will never forget the kindess and grace He showed.
Being tight on money, we always had to sort out what we wanted and what we needed. My older sister and I had a good sense of this but as my younger siblings grew older, they didn't understand quite as well. When we started to get into a better financial situation, we could afford more items. Though we still ran the routes, we were not complaining. This was an experience we would never forget. I remember my mom had surgery to remove a galstone. I got scared because I thought I was losing my mom (mind you, I was young). She lived, I'm glad to say. :P In that time, my grandparents came out to help us with the routes. My mom sent me to teach them because I knew them quite well (my older sis wasn't awake at 11pm-3am). They said we were insane, but hey, we lived.
In 2000, our landlord said that he wouldn't renew our lease. We had been fighting him for years over the land because it leaked raw sewage, had a mouse problem, and people stole our items. Our family decided to take a new step. We moved into our first house in September. I remember the excitment we all felt when we stepped inside. We were in awe. I think we kind of got used to the idea that we would always be in one spot. Thanks to the help of a Real Estate agent at our church, we got this house and he even helped us pay for new carpet. God blessed us immensly. However, we still ran routes. My mom talked about starting a new school when I was entering 6th grade. We would be going to a parent co-op center, which was just as exciting. We still juggled the routes and managed to get up for 8:30 classes. I became interested in band at that point and started my first year on the clarinet Somewhere in my 8th grade year, my mom took a manager's position and my older sis and I didn't have to run routes anymore.
We were excited at the news. However, even though we quit, it took a long time to get used to not waking up in the middle of the night. I will never forget the routes. They hold so many memories for me. They range from being chased by creepy people, to ordering out at Jack-In-the-Box (a rare treat mind you), checking out our groceries at QFC (the night crew was so nice to me), my dad getting bit by a dog, talking to my parents about everything, and listening to old radio shows on Saturday mornings.
End Part One
Part One: Introductions
Hello, my name is Yukioh Monozuki, or at least that's my online name. I started writing at the tender age of tweleve. I don't remember all of the circumstances that got me to the point where I started to put my thoughts on paper, but I did. At first though, I didn't want to share or open up my work and when my older sister read a piece of it out loud and called what I wrote "stupid" I almost gave up. But I didn't I kept on writing because I wanted to prove her wrong. My stories were childish at the time, yes, but you have to start somewhere. At that age, I was just adjusting to an unfamiliar setting. In my younger years, my mother completely homeschooled us. Also, we just moved to our first house. Needless to say, a lot of changes happened in that short amount of time.
I think in that transition of a new found freedom helped me a little. My first works were songs, inspired by new CDs that our parents gave us for Christmas. But before I get to that, I need to explain the life that we lived beforehand. At a very young age, we moved from the east coast to the northwest. I don't remember everything that happened but I do remember staying at my aunt's house for a while while we looked for a house. My dad just got out of the navy and was looking for employment. While doing that, my mom took a job at Toys 'R Us to help support me and my three sibliings. My older sister and I went to school with my cousins while my younger siblings stayed home.
At that time, I remember some good times and bad. We were pressed for space with a total of ten people sharing a trailer. However we made the best of everything. Eventually, we rented a two story duplex near where my dad got employment. This became the first remarkable event in our lives. We got to move into our own place! I mean, we lived in a house on the east coast, but we got to live on our own again. This excited us. However, we couldn't live on my dad's salary alone. My mom took up a paper route to help make ends meet. And at that time, my older sis (age ten) and I (age eight) helped her. We woke up in the middle of the night to help bag, fold, and run these routes. At one point we had up to three. We were homeschooled at this point so most of our schooling took place in the late morning/afternoons.
My older sister and I would alternate days, except on Sunday's. My dad helped out then and we would split the route in two. We attended church when we could, but most of the time we were took exhausted to go. Still, we made ends meet and got to spend time knowing God. Now, while this seems like a terrible experience I learned a lot though it all. I got to spend some good time with my mom and dad (as I would go with him on Sunday's because I knew my way around :P). I grew close to them and we had a strong bond. I must say that through the "harsh" times, we pull through by God's grace. As a result of the route, our cars started to break down and we couldn't afford to fix them at the time. Yet God provided. It was clear that even though we couldn't go to church every week, His hand was upon us. I will never forget the kindess and grace He showed.
Being tight on money, we always had to sort out what we wanted and what we needed. My older sister and I had a good sense of this but as my younger siblings grew older, they didn't understand quite as well. When we started to get into a better financial situation, we could afford more items. Though we still ran the routes, we were not complaining. This was an experience we would never forget. I remember my mom had surgery to remove a galstone. I got scared because I thought I was losing my mom (mind you, I was young). She lived, I'm glad to say. :P In that time, my grandparents came out to help us with the routes. My mom sent me to teach them because I knew them quite well (my older sis wasn't awake at 11pm-3am). They said we were insane, but hey, we lived.
In 2000, our landlord said that he wouldn't renew our lease. We had been fighting him for years over the land because it leaked raw sewage, had a mouse problem, and people stole our items. Our family decided to take a new step. We moved into our first house in September. I remember the excitment we all felt when we stepped inside. We were in awe. I think we kind of got used to the idea that we would always be in one spot. Thanks to the help of a Real Estate agent at our church, we got this house and he even helped us pay for new carpet. God blessed us immensly. However, we still ran routes. My mom talked about starting a new school when I was entering 6th grade. We would be going to a parent co-op center, which was just as exciting. We still juggled the routes and managed to get up for 8:30 classes. I became interested in band at that point and started my first year on the clarinet Somewhere in my 8th grade year, my mom took a manager's position and my older sis and I didn't have to run routes anymore.
We were excited at the news. However, even though we quit, it took a long time to get used to not waking up in the middle of the night. I will never forget the routes. They hold so many memories for me. They range from being chased by creepy people, to ordering out at Jack-In-the-Box (a rare treat mind you), checking out our groceries at QFC (the night crew was so nice to me), my dad getting bit by a dog, talking to my parents about everything, and listening to old radio shows on Saturday mornings.
End Part One
Sunday, November 30, 2008
NaNoWriMo won and over, now what?
Well, amazingly enough I made my goal of 70,000 words for the month of November. I'm quite happy with my goal and what I've written. However, even though NaNoWriMo is over with, my novel is not. At this stage, I have not reached my halfway point (at least what I consider that to be) so you could argue that I'm...well there goes that train of thought. :P I plan on continuing the story as well as coming up with plots for next year!
Anyway, I'm extending anothe congratulations to all who finished NaNoWriMo this year. Everyone is awesome! You deserve a hug so *hugs*!
<3 Yuki
Anyway, I'm extending anothe congratulations to all who finished NaNoWriMo this year. Everyone is awesome! You deserve a hug so *hugs*!
<3 Yuki
Thursday, November 20, 2008
6+6=12: Project Update!
Here is my first offcial project update. I have decided to announce one of the plot ideas for my stories in the next year. The reason I'm able to do this is because this is the most well formed and thought out one. Plus! You all have something to look forward to and it makes me look like I'm going through with the project. :P I would never intentionally abandon a project (for the record). Also, I'm already thinking ahead to 2010 (now that's scary). Anyway, I shall no long delay and give you the information!
6+6=12: 2009 Project
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Word Goal: 65,000 words (2,097 words a day)
Title: Begin Again
Description:
For ten years of his life, he never had the best role models. His parents believed that taking care of their child meant that they just had to keep food in the house, sometimes he did without. His life took skill to survive in. Not only did he have to fend for himself, but Jason also dealt with severe abuse. Some days, he couldn’t even move. One day, one of his relatives saves him from his home. However, it seems a bit too late. He is convinced that his aunt and uncle are putting on a façade to impress the judge so they can have custody. He won’t fall for anymore lies. Will they be able to prove to him that they care for him? And can they save him before he makes the wrong choices that could lead to the end of his life?
6+6=12: 2009 Project
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Word Goal: 65,000 words (2,097 words a day)
Title: Begin Again
Description:
For ten years of his life, he never had the best role models. His parents believed that taking care of their child meant that they just had to keep food in the house, sometimes he did without. His life took skill to survive in. Not only did he have to fend for himself, but Jason also dealt with severe abuse. Some days, he couldn’t even move. One day, one of his relatives saves him from his home. However, it seems a bit too late. He is convinced that his aunt and uncle are putting on a façade to impress the judge so they can have custody. He won’t fall for anymore lies. Will they be able to prove to him that they care for him? And can they save him before he makes the wrong choices that could lead to the end of his life?
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I'm done!
Well, here it's day 16 and I've already finished meeting the NaNoWriMo requirments! :pom: I'm not even halfway done with my story so there is still plenty to write! I'm planning on writing out the rest of my novel during the rest of the month. So, my unspoken goal is 70k by the end of the month. We'll see how everything works out though!
Congratualations to those who've finished! Keep writing on and on!
Now, time to get some sleep. :P
Yuki
Congratualations to those who've finished! Keep writing on and on!
Now, time to get some sleep. :P
Yuki
Friday, November 14, 2008
Day Fourteen In this Journey
Well, here I am almost halfway into this journey of NaNo. Every year is a new expereince and I am excited to find out where each novel will head. This time around is no exception. My characters are always surprising me. These past few days are some of the more interesting in my writing this November. There are events that I never planned on happening, yet they are in my novel.
Over the past few days people have asked me how I work on a Novel. My advice is nothing special but I'm willing to share it:
1) The less you have planned, the further you'll get. Trust me, it works.
2) When you encounter writer's block, keep writing. Even if everything is gibberish, you'll probably edit it later.
3) Let the words flow. Don't try stop and pound yourself into thinking of you can word something better. WRITE!
4) Let the unplanned events happen! They will probably add something important to your story anyway.
5) Let loose! Don't be afraid of anything! This your story, anything can happen!
That's all I have to share.
Keep writing!
Yuki
Over the past few days people have asked me how I work on a Novel. My advice is nothing special but I'm willing to share it:
1) The less you have planned, the further you'll get. Trust me, it works.
2) When you encounter writer's block, keep writing. Even if everything is gibberish, you'll probably edit it later.
3) Let the words flow. Don't try stop and pound yourself into thinking of you can word something better. WRITE!
4) Let the unplanned events happen! They will probably add something important to your story anyway.
5) Let loose! Don't be afraid of anything! This your story, anything can happen!
That's all I have to share.
Keep writing!
Yuki
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Day Eleven
Haha, and it didn't take me long to forget that I even have a blog. :P It's day eleven here in the month of November. I'm coming along quite well on my NaNo. Today is the first day I've suffered from writer's block. Though very minor, it set me back a little. However, I am back on track and working toward 30k. So far, my NaNo is full of surprises. Every time I open my document, I am amazed. Here's to surprises and writing! HUZZAH!
Keep writing!
Yuki
Keep writing!
Yuki
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Day Eight!
Well, here I am at day eight and going "Wow, I've been writing my brains out." You know what though? I like getting a nice lead on my NaNo though. I think that this has been my best year thus far. Probably because I'm not suffering from any cases of writer's block (just headaches). I'm sure that will all change though. I set my personal goal for 18k today and came out with 20k, so I'm happy with myself. Tomorrow, I want to be able to get a good chuck done. The story took another surprising twist and I must say that it's rather, interesting thus far. I realized that I need to do more research for the sake of the story but oh well. Right now I can get by on vague details. :P
Keep writing!
Yuki
Keep writing!
Yuki
Friday, November 07, 2008
Catching Up on Updates
Hey all,here is my update on my NaNo. I am pretty happy with the direction the story is going in thus far. I am liking my main character a lot, she's tough but not overbearing. I passed 15k yesterday, I'm a little behind on my personal count but that's due to headaches and other things. I'm planning on writing a ton more when my head stops throbbing and I can write sense. Anyway, keep going with your goals! I hope to see every one at the finish line.
Yuki ^^
Yuki ^^
Monday, November 03, 2008
Day Three
Hello everyone! I hope your day three is going well. ^^ I got a lot of writing done today and I'm comfortable as to where I'm at. I'm really liking my story thus far. Also, some events happened that I did not count on and they made the story a bit more interesting. Anyway, now I'm trying to update my word count on the NaNo site.
8,420 words for today!
Keep going!
Yuki
8,420 words for today!
Keep going!
Yuki
Day Two
Yeah, I know it's technically day three. Day two went okay for me. I met a small goal of 3,500. I should've written more but oh well. However, as you can probably guess, I stayed up late to make up for it. Well, I'm getting off before my fingers stop working.
Yuki
Yuki
Sunday, November 02, 2008
6+6=12: My 2009 Project
Yup, it's time to post my upcoming project! Here's the details as I have them:
6+6=12: Yukioh’s 2009 Writing Project
It’s time to unveil my 2009 writing project, or should I say projects? Well, now that I’ve decided to let the cat out of the bag, I’m going to tell you more about what I am planning on doing for the entire year of 2009. Indeed, I’m going to use the whole year. Call it my New Year’s resolution if you will. Come January 1st, I will be embarking on a long journey of writing. My goal? to write 6 novels and edit them in during 2009.I will take one month to write each novel and one month to edit them. Hence I will spend 6 months writing and 6 months editing. The format will look like this:
January- Write
February- Edit
March- Write
April- Edit
May- Write
June- Edit
July- Write
August- Edit
September- Write
October- Edit
November- Write
December- Edit
I have decided that each novel will be a minimum of 50,000 words, to keep in line with NaNoWriMo guidelines. Also, my novel for November will double for my NaNo. I don’t expect any of these stories to need extensive editing (as some of my other ones do *coughs*). This is more of a project to keep me writing throughout most of the year and learning how to catch more of my mistakes as I write. I will also try and explore different genres for these. There are a few genres that I will not include for the sake of I don’t like them. I know that's rude of me.
Some of you may be wondering if I’ll be participating in CP projects, I plan on adding those to my writing load. I know, seems like a lot to take on but I’m looking forward to doing so.I am determined to stick to this project throughout the year as a test. Also, I will be asking for others to help edit as I would like several people to look over these novels. I will not set deadlines for editing these novels and how much feedback you want to give on these is up to you. If you want to be an editor, you do not have to commit to doing all six novels. After NaNo 2008 is over, I am planning on sitting down and coming up with different plots so I won’t be jumping into the New Year without an idea of what I’m going to write. I will be using this thread to inform you of each novel and how the progress is going, as well as my blog. Well, there is my plan thus far. ^^ Feedback? Comments?
6+6=12: Yukioh’s 2009 Writing Project
It’s time to unveil my 2009 writing project, or should I say projects? Well, now that I’ve decided to let the cat out of the bag, I’m going to tell you more about what I am planning on doing for the entire year of 2009. Indeed, I’m going to use the whole year. Call it my New Year’s resolution if you will. Come January 1st, I will be embarking on a long journey of writing. My goal? to write 6 novels and edit them in during 2009.I will take one month to write each novel and one month to edit them. Hence I will spend 6 months writing and 6 months editing. The format will look like this:
January- Write
February- Edit
March- Write
April- Edit
May- Write
June- Edit
July- Write
August- Edit
September- Write
October- Edit
November- Write
December- Edit
I have decided that each novel will be a minimum of 50,000 words, to keep in line with NaNoWriMo guidelines. Also, my novel for November will double for my NaNo. I don’t expect any of these stories to need extensive editing (as some of my other ones do *coughs*). This is more of a project to keep me writing throughout most of the year and learning how to catch more of my mistakes as I write. I will also try and explore different genres for these. There are a few genres that I will not include for the sake of I don’t like them. I know that's rude of me.
Some of you may be wondering if I’ll be participating in CP projects, I plan on adding those to my writing load. I know, seems like a lot to take on but I’m looking forward to doing so.I am determined to stick to this project throughout the year as a test. Also, I will be asking for others to help edit as I would like several people to look over these novels. I will not set deadlines for editing these novels and how much feedback you want to give on these is up to you. If you want to be an editor, you do not have to commit to doing all six novels. After NaNo 2008 is over, I am planning on sitting down and coming up with different plots so I won’t be jumping into the New Year without an idea of what I’m going to write. I will be using this thread to inform you of each novel and how the progress is going, as well as my blog. Well, there is my plan thus far. ^^ Feedback? Comments?
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Day One of NaNoWriMo
Well, it's that crazy time of year again! I am enjoying NaNo already. In my last post, I stated that I wouldn't stay up late for NaNo's sake but ended up staying anyway. However, not because of starting to write but because I was discussing some other things with a friend. It just happened to be one in the morning when we stopped talking so I wrote for a good hour afterward and a nice section written. I am working on NaNo even now as I type this. I'm liking the way my story is turning out already! :D More to come soon,
Yuki
GO NANO-ers!
Yuki
GO NANO-ers!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Counting down
Well, there are just a few hours left to go before NaNo starts! I will not be one of those crazy people who stays up until midnight just to type their first words. Frankly because I like sleep, I believe in sleep, and have been suffering from headaches these past few nights. If by any chance I can't fall asleep, then I might get up and write but I doubt I will do so. :P I have the entire morning and most of the afternoon to write. Let me repharse that, I have the rest of the day to write! :P I'm getting more and more excited as the hours close in. Only 7 hours to go! *pom*
Monday, October 27, 2008
Four days until the journey
Hello everyone! :D
Well, I'm pretty much writing this because it's four days out until November 1st! (I can't believe how soon this endeavour is coming.) I'm still, of course, excited for this year's NaNo to come. I feel that this year my plot is solid enough to pull through a lengthy novel, which I hope will need little editing. However, after NaNo is done I will work on it as I work on my secret project.
Speaking of my secret project, I will announce what I am planning to do November 2nd on my blog and CleanPlace. I'm going to go ahead and hint that I will need your support in this project because it's a huge one and I'm eager to work on it. With all of that said, I'm excited and waiting for NaNo and the announcement of my project to come. I hope that everyone else is doing will with their plotting and is as excited as I am! :D
Yuki
Well, I'm pretty much writing this because it's four days out until November 1st! (I can't believe how soon this endeavour is coming.) I'm still, of course, excited for this year's NaNo to come. I feel that this year my plot is solid enough to pull through a lengthy novel, which I hope will need little editing. However, after NaNo is done I will work on it as I work on my secret project.
Speaking of my secret project, I will announce what I am planning to do November 2nd on my blog and CleanPlace. I'm going to go ahead and hint that I will need your support in this project because it's a huge one and I'm eager to work on it. With all of that said, I'm excited and waiting for NaNo and the announcement of my project to come. I hope that everyone else is doing will with their plotting and is as excited as I am! :D
Yuki
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Character Profile: Loraine Anderson
Character Profile Info Sheet
Basic Statistics
Name: Loraine Anderson
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Birthdate: October 5th, 1981
Hometown: Bellingham, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
Occupation: Lawyer
Talents/Skills: She possess the secret talent of being able to string together an argument, even if it’s not what she believes. She is a good cook and can sew.
Salary: Depends on the client but on average she makes under a million a year
Birth order: Oldest of two.
Family Relationships: (spouse, siblings, parents, etc.) Her parents and younger sister are all deceased. They died in a car crash while heading toward her school play. They were killed by a drunk driver who never saw justice and that alone is the reason why she wanted to be a lawyer. She wants to bring justice to everyone and give them what they deserve.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5.7
Weight: 133, mostly in muscle. She works out 4-6 times a week, somehow.
Race: Human
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Blonde
Skin color: Ivory
Shape of Face: Heart
Distinguishing features: She has a scar over her eye, a memorabilia of when she fell off the stage during her school play after learning of her parent’s death.
How does he/she dress? Modest but with more business style than anything else, she wears a blouse with a skirt or slacks.
Mannerisms: Laid back but sharp.
Habits: (bites nails, twirls hair, smokes, etc.) When she is annoyed she taps her fingers loudly.
Health: Excellent, she rarely gets sick but when she does it’s bad.
Hobbies: She likes to sew, read, and draw
Disabilities: None
Greatest flaw: She can rarely say no
Best quality: She is caring and honest
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes & Attitudes
Educational Background: She attended and graduated from Harvard School of Law within the top one percent of her class.
Intelligence Level: 142
Life Learning Experiences: She learned that you can’t carry everything on your own and that has helped her through many times. She tries to make herself an available person so that she can be their strength when needed.
Short-term goals in life: To win her current case.
Long-term goals in life: To settle down and have children.
How does Character see himself/herself? She sees herself as a nice person but sometimes feels like she’s hiding too many things.
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others? She thinks that they don’t trust her because there are some things in her life that she’s not ready to talk about yet.
How self-confident is the character? She is always self-confident. Very few things shake her up.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or a combination of both? Logic in most cases, emotion when things become personal.
What would most embarrass this character? To be made a laughing stock in the industry. She’s worked hard to be where she’s at and she doesn’t want to give everything up. She will survive.
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: She won’t give up despite the odds
Weaknesses: She is kind and that could lead to her downfall
Introvert or Extrovert? Extrovert, she’s not afraid to share her opinion.
How does the character deal with anger? She deals with anger in her own way. She hardly raises her voice because she knows how little that solves. There is no point on yelling if nothing good comes out of it.
With sadness/conflict/change/loss? She handles sadness as well as disappointment, she’s not set back by it. Conflict means that she’s ruffled someone’s feathers and is about to find out the truth. She doesn’t mind change. Loss is another story, she feels confused and lost when someone dies. That’s why she wants justice, so that they can rest in peace. Or rather, so she has a peace in mind.
What does the character want out of life? She wants to feel satisfied that she helped bring peace to families. It helps her come to terms with her past.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? She would like to be a more open person, even though she already is.
What motivates this character? The satisfaction of a job well done and to see the families finally being able to put their past aside so they can heal from whatever happened to them.
What frightens this character? In a sense, her own past because she finds refuge in her work so if she can’t find satisfaction in her work then she can’t be happy.
What makes this character happy? The smile on other people’s faces when they’ve gotten the compensation they deserve.
Is the character judgmental of others? As a lawyer, she analyzes their character based on how they act, sort of her way of telling if they’re lying or not.
Is the character generous or stingy? Neither, she gives when she feels but doesn’t feel the need to hoard her money. She spends a fair amount of money paying to have private policemen protect high society clients who are likely to get killed.
Is the character generally polite or rude? Polite except when it comes to people hitting on her.
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in God? No.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? She believes that there is good and evil in the world and she is going to do her best not to walk the path of evil, even though she isn't saved herself.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Kind of, her parents were devout believers so some of her personality is influenced by her upbringing.
If so, what role does it play? It plays a major role in how she handles herself and her firm belief that she will get to the top her own way and will do it the right way.
How the Character is Involved in the Story
Character's role in the novel (main character? hero? heroine? Romantic interest? etc.): Loraine is the main character that is vital to the plot. She is going to be the one that most of the unwanted and wanted attention will be focused on. Because of this, she will also be the target of a man who she intends on never going out with because she thinks of him as a sleeze-ball. Scene where character first appears: The first scene in the courtroom, where she gets the final verdict on her latest case.
Relationships with other characters:(Name each character and describe relationships and changes to relationship over the course of the story.)
Shasta is her best friend, they went to school together and Shasta moved in with her when her parents disowned her.
Richard is the lawyer who is trying to seduce her to keep her off of their scent. He’s scum, that’s all she cares to know about him
As for her clients, they trust her with a deep respect, they tell her everything she needs to know.
As for in the courtroom, the judges are cold to her, they don’t care as long as they make a few thousand on the side and she doesn’t pay off.
And with the elite in the law firm, they’ve always been nice to her but they start to get a little cold.
How is the character different at the end of the novel from when the novel began?: (This is one of the most important things to nail down. A story that invokes change in a character will be more interesting and appealing to your reader.)
She starts out as just another citizen who goes about their normal routine without thinking about things too much. However, with her last four cases shot, she can’t sit back anymore. Things demand action and she wants to be the one who changes them. During the book we see her turn from a passive individual to a active person.Additional Notes on this Character: Loraine’s personality is sort of based off of how disgusted I am with the way things are going in the country, at least toward the end of the novel. She dislikes how everyone is willing to turn their heads and pretend that nothing’s ever happened and how easily they can look away. She knows she can’t solve everything but she can start by getting her points across, if people start to listen to her then she can start to influence their lives
Basic Statistics
Name: Loraine Anderson
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Birthdate: October 5th, 1981
Hometown: Bellingham, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
Occupation: Lawyer
Talents/Skills: She possess the secret talent of being able to string together an argument, even if it’s not what she believes. She is a good cook and can sew.
Salary: Depends on the client but on average she makes under a million a year
Birth order: Oldest of two.
Family Relationships: (spouse, siblings, parents, etc.) Her parents and younger sister are all deceased. They died in a car crash while heading toward her school play. They were killed by a drunk driver who never saw justice and that alone is the reason why she wanted to be a lawyer. She wants to bring justice to everyone and give them what they deserve.
Physical Characteristics:
Height: 5.7
Weight: 133, mostly in muscle. She works out 4-6 times a week, somehow.
Race: Human
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Blonde
Skin color: Ivory
Shape of Face: Heart
Distinguishing features: She has a scar over her eye, a memorabilia of when she fell off the stage during her school play after learning of her parent’s death.
How does he/she dress? Modest but with more business style than anything else, she wears a blouse with a skirt or slacks.
Mannerisms: Laid back but sharp.
Habits: (bites nails, twirls hair, smokes, etc.) When she is annoyed she taps her fingers loudly.
Health: Excellent, she rarely gets sick but when she does it’s bad.
Hobbies: She likes to sew, read, and draw
Disabilities: None
Greatest flaw: She can rarely say no
Best quality: She is caring and honest
Intellectual/Mental/Personality Attributes & Attitudes
Educational Background: She attended and graduated from Harvard School of Law within the top one percent of her class.
Intelligence Level: 142
Life Learning Experiences: She learned that you can’t carry everything on your own and that has helped her through many times. She tries to make herself an available person so that she can be their strength when needed.
Short-term goals in life: To win her current case.
Long-term goals in life: To settle down and have children.
How does Character see himself/herself? She sees herself as a nice person but sometimes feels like she’s hiding too many things.
How does Character believe he/she is perceived by others? She thinks that they don’t trust her because there are some things in her life that she’s not ready to talk about yet.
How self-confident is the character? She is always self-confident. Very few things shake her up.
Does the character seem ruled by emotion or logic or a combination of both? Logic in most cases, emotion when things become personal.
What would most embarrass this character? To be made a laughing stock in the industry. She’s worked hard to be where she’s at and she doesn’t want to give everything up. She will survive.
Emotional Characteristics
Strengths: She won’t give up despite the odds
Weaknesses: She is kind and that could lead to her downfall
Introvert or Extrovert? Extrovert, she’s not afraid to share her opinion.
How does the character deal with anger? She deals with anger in her own way. She hardly raises her voice because she knows how little that solves. There is no point on yelling if nothing good comes out of it.
With sadness/conflict/change/loss? She handles sadness as well as disappointment, she’s not set back by it. Conflict means that she’s ruffled someone’s feathers and is about to find out the truth. She doesn’t mind change. Loss is another story, she feels confused and lost when someone dies. That’s why she wants justice, so that they can rest in peace. Or rather, so she has a peace in mind.
What does the character want out of life? She wants to feel satisfied that she helped bring peace to families. It helps her come to terms with her past.
What would the character like to change in his/her life? She would like to be a more open person, even though she already is.
What motivates this character? The satisfaction of a job well done and to see the families finally being able to put their past aside so they can heal from whatever happened to them.
What frightens this character? In a sense, her own past because she finds refuge in her work so if she can’t find satisfaction in her work then she can’t be happy.
What makes this character happy? The smile on other people’s faces when they’ve gotten the compensation they deserve.
Is the character judgmental of others? As a lawyer, she analyzes their character based on how they act, sort of her way of telling if they’re lying or not.
Is the character generous or stingy? Neither, she gives when she feels but doesn’t feel the need to hoard her money. She spends a fair amount of money paying to have private policemen protect high society clients who are likely to get killed.
Is the character generally polite or rude? Polite except when it comes to people hitting on her.
Spiritual Characteristics
Does the character believe in God? No.
What are the character's spiritual beliefs? She believes that there is good and evil in the world and she is going to do her best not to walk the path of evil, even though she isn't saved herself.
Is religion or spirituality a part of this character's life? Kind of, her parents were devout believers so some of her personality is influenced by her upbringing.
If so, what role does it play? It plays a major role in how she handles herself and her firm belief that she will get to the top her own way and will do it the right way.
How the Character is Involved in the Story
Character's role in the novel (main character? hero? heroine? Romantic interest? etc.): Loraine is the main character that is vital to the plot. She is going to be the one that most of the unwanted and wanted attention will be focused on. Because of this, she will also be the target of a man who she intends on never going out with because she thinks of him as a sleeze-ball. Scene where character first appears: The first scene in the courtroom, where she gets the final verdict on her latest case.
Relationships with other characters:(Name each character and describe relationships and changes to relationship over the course of the story.)
Shasta is her best friend, they went to school together and Shasta moved in with her when her parents disowned her.
Richard is the lawyer who is trying to seduce her to keep her off of their scent. He’s scum, that’s all she cares to know about him
As for her clients, they trust her with a deep respect, they tell her everything she needs to know.
As for in the courtroom, the judges are cold to her, they don’t care as long as they make a few thousand on the side and she doesn’t pay off.
And with the elite in the law firm, they’ve always been nice to her but they start to get a little cold.
How is the character different at the end of the novel from when the novel began?: (This is one of the most important things to nail down. A story that invokes change in a character will be more interesting and appealing to your reader.)
She starts out as just another citizen who goes about their normal routine without thinking about things too much. However, with her last four cases shot, she can’t sit back anymore. Things demand action and she wants to be the one who changes them. During the book we see her turn from a passive individual to a active person.Additional Notes on this Character: Loraine’s personality is sort of based off of how disgusted I am with the way things are going in the country, at least toward the end of the novel. She dislikes how everyone is willing to turn their heads and pretend that nothing’s ever happened and how easily they can look away. She knows she can’t solve everything but she can start by getting her points across, if people start to listen to her then she can start to influence their lives
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Closer...
We are getting closer and closer to November and I'm just getting more and more excited by the day! :D As I've said several times now, I can't wait to get started on my novel! In fact, I'm having a hard time not writing on it. I've halted working on plot and characters because of that. So I can wait for the few days left in October. Anyway, I'm also going to be unveiling my new project for 2009 soon. So keep on a look out for that! :D
Yuki
Yuki
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Counting Down
Link:http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q276/Yukioh2021/Photoshop/heh2copy.jpgYes, I'm counting down the days until National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) begins. I'm hyped up about the whole thing and can barely wait to start typing. I've got my plot almost ready to go and call me...impatient but I've made a book cover. My plot this year is in the mystery/suspense category. This idea started out as a piece of dialogue between myself. Basically, I talked between two characters and then the idea hit me! I thought about making this a movie first but decided against that. So this is my NaNo, as per the rules, nothing is written on the story, save for my plots. I'm planning on doing a more detailed plot in the near future. On November 1st, look for me posting the plot on the blog and keep track of my work in progress! Can't wait to get started and looking forward to adventuring with you all! :)
Yuki
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
What? Me posting?
Haha, I know how it is. I am once again making an appearance after a long break from this site. I've started another project which will not yet be unveiled. :P Anyhow, I'm gearing up for NaNo again. You know what this means? PLOTS!! All these plots going in and out of my head. I can't seem to shut down my brain until about midnight each night because I'm always thinking. Anyway, I have come down to the two most likely choices for my plots. I'm defiantely leaning toward one over the other.
However, I'm sure that you are kind of curious (maybe) about my stories. The Second Rebellion has been placed on hold in favor of editng The Kiona Jewel Trilogy. So that's all I have to update really. I'll post the links for my cover ideas when I get on again. (har har) Anyways, that's all I have to report.
Yuki
However, I'm sure that you are kind of curious (maybe) about my stories. The Second Rebellion has been placed on hold in favor of editng The Kiona Jewel Trilogy. So that's all I have to update really. I'll post the links for my cover ideas when I get on again. (har har) Anyways, that's all I have to report.
Yuki
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Update!!!
Well, I've certainly neglected this site yet again. :P
Time for another update. I finished Snapshots on CleanPlace and ended up winning (yay!) along with 13 other writers! Congratulations to all of you!
Though I don't know how many of you actually bother to read my babblings and updates on my projects. :P I am again focusing my attention back on the Kiona Jewel Trilogy and The Second Rebellion. I am pleased with the outcome of both so far but not the progress. I am going to be working on them whenever I can so that I may complete something. I am currently rewriting one section of The Kiona Jewel Trilogy: The Brewing of War (part two of the series). I wanted to drag out the tension between one of my character's and another for a while longer yet. I expect that to be resolved nearer to the end of the book. I know that there will be an intense encounter between the two characters somewhere in the middle.
As for The Second Rebellion, I have written more on paper that needs to be typed up. In fact, I'm going to do that as soon as I get off of here (because I've run out of things to procrastinate on). I like the direction of the story thus far but I need to add in a few details to make things clear. However, that won't take much.
Until next time,
Yuki
Time for another update. I finished Snapshots on CleanPlace and ended up winning (yay!) along with 13 other writers! Congratulations to all of you!
Though I don't know how many of you actually bother to read my babblings and updates on my projects. :P I am again focusing my attention back on the Kiona Jewel Trilogy and The Second Rebellion. I am pleased with the outcome of both so far but not the progress. I am going to be working on them whenever I can so that I may complete something. I am currently rewriting one section of The Kiona Jewel Trilogy: The Brewing of War (part two of the series). I wanted to drag out the tension between one of my character's and another for a while longer yet. I expect that to be resolved nearer to the end of the book. I know that there will be an intense encounter between the two characters somewhere in the middle.
As for The Second Rebellion, I have written more on paper that needs to be typed up. In fact, I'm going to do that as soon as I get off of here (because I've run out of things to procrastinate on). I like the direction of the story thus far but I need to add in a few details to make things clear. However, that won't take much.
Until next time,
Yuki
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Far behind...
I am seven days behind in my Snapshots. I thought that I could balance everything but I guess I was wrong. =P Wait, what's there to balance? No, I am going to post at least two scenes today. I am working on typing up one that I finished last night and then I'm going to work on the one I started. I liked the way that my tenth scene turned out because it's just mysterious. However, I think I'm going to have to cut out about three hundred words. We'll see though. i hope I didn't write that much. =P Anyways, I'm off to type,
ttyl
Yuki
ttyl
Yuki
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Day Three
Well today I actually felt way better about my Snapshots scene. For one thing, my younger sis went through and edited my scene for punctuation and other minor errors (thanks Raine). Also, I like how so far all of the character's lives are somehow related to Rai's. It gives the story a sense of common ground even though each character is struggling with their own lives. Today I wrote about Aiko. Aiko's father left her and her mother two weeks ago and since then, she hasn't been allowed to do anything. Her mother is being over protective because she doesn't want Aiko to leave as well. In the end she realizes this and ends up apologizing. Aiko's dad walks in and apologizes as well. I think that the end of the story is very nice. I would love to wrap up the story with Rai's point of view again but it's not allowed. =P Oh well, I can write my own ending to the story.
Anyways, I'm going to try and type a little on the next scene before the night is over so that I can enjoy the holiday with my family. :)
Happy 4th of July!
Yuki
Anyways, I'm going to try and type a little on the next scene before the night is over so that I can enjoy the holiday with my family. :)
Happy 4th of July!
Yuki
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Day Two of Snapshots: CleanPlace Extra Credit Project
Good evening everyone! It's currently 11 pm and I'm here going to talk more about Snapshots. I felt really bad because I didn't get to post my scene until past ten (sorry Elraen!). I wanted to post it earlier but I couldn't think of how to begin. Well, there's more to the story though. I went with my older sis to get some stuff and we ended up getting lost for a good hour and a half. Then it was about 1:45 when we went to get lunch and then we eventually got home at... 2:40? It was a fun day, I think. I'm still trying to decide on that, lol. My second scene involves a guy named Kane, who has a huge crush on Rai. However, he doesn't know what to think about her being pregnant and all. I wanted to save this for the end but I couldn't. So it ended up as my second scene for the story. I think this one is a little weaker than the one before but I still like the story. However, now I am going to bed because I'm really tired and am having a hard time typing this post. Until tomorrow,
Yuki
Yuki
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Day One of Snapshots
Well I made it through day one! I think that my scene turned out pretty well. I'm kind of nervous about the feedback though (of course I'll always be nervous about it). My first scene is about a fifteen year old girl who's name is Rai (meaning trust in Japanese). She got too involved with her boyfriend and is now regrettingg the choice she made. She is pregnant and feels like she can't talk to anyone about it. Her best friend, Kaede proves her wrong with her statement that true friends will always stick around until the end. The main event of the story will be Rai's pregnancy but I will explore 29 other views in this story. We'll see how this all turns out, I'm hoping that it will be good. :P
Yuki
Yuki
Monday, June 30, 2008
New Upcoming Projects
Hello, it's been a while, huh? Well I just wanted to give you all an update of this upcoming month. I am going to be very busy with various writing projects. I plan on working more on The Kiona Jewel Trilogy so I can get that all squared away. I kind of stopped working on... everything until I was done with school. Then I started working on a new challenge with Raine and Eclipse, we're writing novels in an extended amount of time. I'm not too clear on the details. So I started that about halfway through June and am at 13,000 words currently. I'm hoping to make that 15,000 for the end of the month. Tomorrow, I start a wonderful new ECP on CleanPlace called Snapshots. I'm kind of nervous about that one because I don't have a plan for any of it. I only finished filling out my town profile two days ago. Even still, I'm going to revise it and think of different situations that I can torture... I mean, use for my main characters.
I am going to continue editing The Kiona Jewel Trilogy but we'll see how much I get done during these projects. I am going to post a brief description about my latest WIP now.
Possible Title: The Second Rebellion
Main Character(s): Ky, Eidren, Alanchio, and a biologist
Description: Over five hundred years ago, Eidren and Saven started a Rebellion that ultimately failed. Eidren went into hiding for that time.... Ky, a young student, hears about the Rebellion in history class and makes up his mind to start a Rebellion, thinking that Eidren might be alive, he goes to find her, with success. Together they start another Rebellion and through their adventures, find out secrets that prove vital to their success.
The story goes on but I tried to cut it down for you guys. :P Well, I'll post more during July. Until then,
Yuki
P.S. I changed my word count from NaNo to the word count for The Second Rebellion.
I am going to continue editing The Kiona Jewel Trilogy but we'll see how much I get done during these projects. I am going to post a brief description about my latest WIP now.
Possible Title: The Second Rebellion
Main Character(s): Ky, Eidren, Alanchio, and a biologist
Description: Over five hundred years ago, Eidren and Saven started a Rebellion that ultimately failed. Eidren went into hiding for that time.... Ky, a young student, hears about the Rebellion in history class and makes up his mind to start a Rebellion, thinking that Eidren might be alive, he goes to find her, with success. Together they start another Rebellion and through their adventures, find out secrets that prove vital to their success.
The story goes on but I tried to cut it down for you guys. :P Well, I'll post more during July. Until then,
Yuki
P.S. I changed my word count from NaNo to the word count for The Second Rebellion.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
More on the Trilogy
Well, it's been a while since I last posted. The Kiona Jewel Trilogy is on it's way, slowly but surely. I've been working on editing the first part of the story more than the second recently due to the fact that the first part needs more work than the second. This process it tiring and hard to work on because all I'm doing is fixing my (many) mistakes. I'm working hard though in trying to polish the piece up for publishing. The piece I want to fix the most though would be the last 30-40 pages or so. I rushed the ending horribly and didn't draw connections in my story. The offcial title for the book is still pending but I have two names in mind.
"The Jewel of the Ancient" or
"The Jewel of the Beginning"
So I'm trying to narrow it down so that I can think of a cover idea. Who knew that this would be so hard? =P Editing has slowed down a bit because I'm being visited by relatives at this time so I'm busy spending all the time I can with them. I'm going to type up the second chapter of the first book now, it's all edited and ready to be added to the first edited chapter. Until we meet again, farewell.
Yuki
"The Jewel of the Ancient" or
"The Jewel of the Beginning"
So I'm trying to narrow it down so that I can think of a cover idea. Who knew that this would be so hard? =P Editing has slowed down a bit because I'm being visited by relatives at this time so I'm busy spending all the time I can with them. I'm going to type up the second chapter of the first book now, it's all edited and ready to be added to the first edited chapter. Until we meet again, farewell.
Yuki
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Oh, has it been that long?
Well, it's been three months since NaNo and I suppose I should provide an update since then. I never finished Second Chances, I only got to abou 35k or so before school just totally took over my life. I wish I could've finished though because I really needed to finish something else that year. Currently I'm working on Second Chances and I like the direction it's going. The book doesn't need a lot of edits, mostly grammar and expanding certain things which I can now do in my own free time (as if I know what that is anymore). I took some time off from writing and CP because I needed to focus more on my family and my walk. It was a while before I returned but now that I'm back, I feel great. I'm not just going to use this for my NaNo updates but all my writing things. So we'll see how often I post. :P
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