NANOWRIMO DAY #7: Starting week two
I'm currently at 11,674 words in my NANOWRIMO novel. My goal is to reach 50,000 words by November 30th. I'm happy to say that I'm on track.
The writing is getting easier each day. That said, the story is currently a mishmash of scenes. On one page the main character is recounting his life in high school, on the next he's describing the conditions at Camp St. Teresa and pointing out that the Camp's location is suspiciously close to Groom Lake. I've also written, briefly, about the events that take place on September 8th at the testing facility (see the timeline for more info). At the moment my objective is just to get it all out, then do some major rewriting and story structuring next month.
I still need to address a bunch of stuff:
- How the main character is tied to the notes collected in the book "Dead Inside: Do Not Enter"
- The exact sequence of events that took place at St. Teresa which led to the zombie outbreak
- What specifically happened at the testing facility and how that's linked to the St. Teresa outbreak
- Who is writing this story and why
- Specific explanation/insight into some of the notes written in "Dead Inside: Do Not Enter"
And there are new mysteries that need to be dug into:
- Who is Judy?
- (How) Is the main character still alive?
- Dreamland
- The growing circus outside the gates of St. Teresa
I like what I have so far, but again, it's going to take some serious editing and story design to craft all this into a novel.
Your ideas for structure and plot points are welcome. Feel free to post questions, comments, concerns...
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Comment by Reaper on November 10, 2011 at 10:39am -
Judy could be a number of things:
A codename for something
A friend from the past
A family member
A pet the main character once had
A name that crops up every now and again
A colleague he works with
A love interest
They are just some of my ideas..
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Comment by Omega on November 8, 2011 at 2:00am -
Don't forget the cameo character of me. i read this whole post and it didn't mention anything about my character that's still one you have to figure out maybe a new mystery.
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Comment by Michael T. Douglas on November 7, 2011 at 8:05pm -
A surviving camp guard or doctor could be write the story. Since it will be told in such great detail, only somebody who has experienced the chaos first hand would know these things. And they maybe writing the story, because they don't won't to die before telling the truth about what had happened. Maybe because of guilt or because they are hoping it will help someone. Or maybe they might be hoping, that through the story, they won't be forgotten.
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Comment by Michael T. Douglas on November 7, 2011 at 7:57pm
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Well the drugs could have been rushed into the camps since the drug companies skipped the FDA approval and were secretly still being tested. The virus could have built an immunity to all the drugs given to the patients to the point it when it was given a final version of the drug and evolved into something much stronger that was able to gain control of the brain. The drugs could have been sent to St. Teresa before being tested.
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