I have a case of the Mondays.
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enamouredOctober is lurking closer, which means that November is lurking even more close, which means that NaNoWriMo will soon be upon us. As those of you who've been following me for a while know, I'm almost unable to resist the call of NaNo, and in the past I've won in odd-numbered years, so naturally, I am trying it again.
The problem? I have three plot ideas and no idea which one I want to greenlight as my story.
So that is where you all come in. I'll present the plot ideas, and you can pick the one that you think I should go with the most.
PLOT ONE: Kind of like Love Actually in suburban Virginia. At a school, the students who are part of the staff for the yearbook, newspaper, and literary magazine do a Secret Santa exchange. Eight students (four boys, four girls) are involved, and each has their own little story: there's the dreamboat boy who was once a socially awkward geek who still is socially awkward, this cynical newspaper dude who has a thing for the snarly aspiring singer/songwriter, a girl who works at an Aerie/Victoria's Secret type store who has a crush on one of her coworkers, who is the sister of another student, and so on. And, of course, there are romantic entanglements and goofiness and Christmas/holiday-related hijinks.
PLOT TWO: Our main character goes to a school with a strong performing arts department, including offering a class once every two years that focuses on writing a musical. She applies to get into the class, and is rejected. She's upset, and during the summer, when she's volunteering at a theater camp, she gets an idea: she's going to write and direct her own musical during the school year. She ends up getting some of her friends, enemies, and a preacher's kid to help her, and along with the mysterious owner of the camp she volunteered at, goes on her way to write her musical.
PLOT THREE: This is the only idea with a title. Once upon a time there were two little girls who wanted to be superheroes. They created their own secret identities and costumes, and wrote and illustrated their own comic books. The girls grew up, developed non-superhero interests, but still remained friends. Then comes their sophomore year of high school, and suddenly they find that characteristics in the villains from their childhood are showing up in their classmates. And it's up to them to take on their childhood superhero personas to save the day.
So, there you are.
[Poll #1781914]
The problem? I have three plot ideas and no idea which one I want to greenlight as my story.
So that is where you all come in. I'll present the plot ideas, and you can pick the one that you think I should go with the most.
PLOT ONE: Kind of like Love Actually in suburban Virginia. At a school, the students who are part of the staff for the yearbook, newspaper, and literary magazine do a Secret Santa exchange. Eight students (four boys, four girls) are involved, and each has their own little story: there's the dreamboat boy who was once a socially awkward geek who still is socially awkward, this cynical newspaper dude who has a thing for the snarly aspiring singer/songwriter, a girl who works at an Aerie/Victoria's Secret type store who has a crush on one of her coworkers, who is the sister of another student, and so on. And, of course, there are romantic entanglements and goofiness and Christmas/holiday-related hijinks.
PLOT TWO: Our main character goes to a school with a strong performing arts department, including offering a class once every two years that focuses on writing a musical. She applies to get into the class, and is rejected. She's upset, and during the summer, when she's volunteering at a theater camp, she gets an idea: she's going to write and direct her own musical during the school year. She ends up getting some of her friends, enemies, and a preacher's kid to help her, and along with the mysterious owner of the camp she volunteered at, goes on her way to write her musical.
PLOT THREE: This is the only idea with a title. Once upon a time there were two little girls who wanted to be superheroes. They created their own secret identities and costumes, and wrote and illustrated their own comic books. The girls grew up, developed non-superhero interests, but still remained friends. Then comes their sophomore year of high school, and suddenly they find that characteristics in the villains from their childhood are showing up in their classmates. And it's up to them to take on their childhood superhero personas to save the day.
So, there you are.
[Poll #1781914]
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Date: 2011-09-27 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-27 07:42 pm (UTC)