New Year Novella

Just as a matter of interest.

Mine seems to be Young Adult/Murder-Mystery, going by the style of language (no I havn't a lot of dialogue,) more with thinking and actions, age of other characters, other than his parents, are early-mid twenties.

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The Zing Thing: "The Makeover."

'Southern Scriber.'

Hmmm...
I really have no idea how to answer this question.
It's set around this time, in an unspecified location, I guess there are what could be considered occult/psychological/supernatural themes.
So, whatever that is. General fiction?

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Ooh that sounds interesting cassie.

I'm trying to find out how to make a bomb at present. :)

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The Zing Thing: "The Makeover."

'Southern Scriber.'

haha just don't go the same site too many times or you might get marked ;-) I have a family member who works on that kind of security hehe.

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Murder-mystery. Is there any other type of fiction?

I'm setting it in modern New Zealand, a nice change from 1920s USA, and with a female MC instead of a dour male private detective.

I'm also hoping to keep the violence and misery quota down, so as not to horrify / depress potential publishers.

Each time I write something, I want it to be funny. Then I realise it gets serious and the funniness disappears.

Therefore, this time around, I'm going to try to make it irrelevant, irreverent and irridiculous - and I shall also make up a meaning for that last word.

Andrew Chilton - http://kapiti.geek.nz/

Fantasy, finally getting this story written and it feels good. I have been writing during my lunch at work, first few days was mainly just plotting in my head (ok I was daydreaming). But yesterday and today I have/will be writing more. Got 500 words written during a 30min time frame yesterday while fending off questions about what I was doing and did I eat yet..LOL
So I should break 3k mark today!

My idea of hell is being trapped in a room with no books!

I had a great response back today from one of my former drama student classmates. I wrote my nano story around a group of them.
She said she had read it all at once (50K words). 'It was amazing, I was enraptured. You've really got the plot Gaye, the characters off so well.'
I was surprised at her choice of words, as in the story, I used young student language, like 'cool' and 'awesome' and she came up with 'amazing' and 'enraptured.' :)

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The Zing Thing: "The Makeover."

'Southern Scriber.'

Heh, I write during lunchbreak at work every day at work xengab! The questions about what you're doing go away, but then you get the mysterious air as a 'writer'. I just eat lunch during my morning tea break or afternoon tea break, depending on when I'm hungry.

I find the regularity of writing each lunch break keeps me on track.

Fantasy. But I'm not convinced.