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November 1, 2002
Not an auspicious start
I tried to block out my lunchtime today to start in on TBE. But the fates conspired against me, and I didn't even get to take a lunch at work. Thank $deity for it being the day after Halloween - candy kept me going until I left work early (since I had no lunch).
I did tell everyone at my office that I was doing NaNoWriMo, so it wasn't their fault. My morning stuff just went longer than I thought it would, and then I had a training to help with at 1:00, so that's when I decided to bag it.
So, to give me a feeling of accomplishment, I rewrote my three teasers for the game that TBE is partially based on, and am using that as a prologue. That gives me 1800 words for today, and since I'm not planning on getting a lot done tomorrow (taking the husband off for his birthday stuff), I consider it a good start.
And all the pre-planning I had intended to do, but didn't, is being done now. I was going to start last night, but the lure of FFX was too much. I started it back up again (at the point at which I had stopped, not restarting the game) last week, and I just can't get myself to finish it. I'm still trying to catch all the frelling monsters just to get a complete set, for no real reason other than I want to do it. So that's where prep-time last night went.
So I'm writing character info now. Names, basic background, what powers I want them to get. I've decided on 5 or 6 main characters. I want to get a good spread of powers, but I don't want to overload anyone. One of the characters came to me as I was rewriting the teaser. Cecile is a psychic's assistant...one who didn't see the end of the world coming (heh). The others I'm making up as I am writing the bits, but I know what I want/need, which is helping. I've got four of them down, I just need one more with healing. Maybe I'll make that person a foreigner. I really don't want to have everyone from New England, even if we are going to be a bit more of a melting pot in this version of the future.
The rest of the near future is going to be hard to work time in, but I am going to try and snatch a bit here and there. I want to do everyone's "eruption" as well as a bit before the event. The eruption is going to have a significant impact on what powers the people have, so that's why I'm defining powers now. It'll help me craft their eruption event.
I still haven't decided if I'm going to post anything here. I don't want to start another blog, but if I do decide to do that, I'll let those who are interested know.
Posted by Julia at November 1, 2002 7:23 PM