Gonna give NaNoWriMo another go! Yay? · 3:59am Oct 23rd, 2017
It's the time of the evening where I'm a few beers in and I find myself listening to Andrew Jackson Jihad. Huh.
Aaaaanyway, I've been taking a break from pony-fic-- or really writing in general --ever since I finished Octavia's Eleven. Which all of like a hundred people read? Which, in the grand scheme of things, isn't BAD, but it pales in comparison to my earlier work. It's to be expected, though, as my earlier stories are about the actual main characters of the show, rather than overlaying entirely original (and arguably non-canonical) personalities onto background characters that never really got them to begin with. It's funny, too, as nowadays I keep an eye out for Carrot Top and/or Flash Sentry popping up in the background, to the point where I even grumble to myself when Carrot Top behaves in a way that doesn't behoove Special Agent Golden Harvest. But then again, maybe she's just really devoted to her cover identity, y'know? Or maybe I've just got my head up my ass. But that's what fanfic is for, no?
Or, really, that ISN'T what fanfic is for, as I'm gonna try getting my head up my own bum through PURELY ORIGINAL fiction. Yay? As again, November rolls around, and I'm going to give writing something that isn't about pretty magical princess horses a go. I tend to try (and fail) every year, so why should this be any different? Then again, last year's NaNoWriMo failure led me to write The Prisoner of Zebra, and the rest of The Flash Sentry Papers on top of that, so, uh ... maybe you guys'll get lucky and I'll get back to writing pony stories soon enough. In the meanwhile, though, here are some of the original fiction ideas I'm kicking around, because I've got no earthly clue what I wanna write yet. Ideas include ...
1) Time travel/survival story! What happens when you're suddenly, inexplicably thrown back to the Mezozoic period? Think The Martian + Chrono Trigger.
2) SPACE OPERA: Seriously, I've been watching a lot of Voltron lately. If I got particularly lazy I could just try writing reskinned Mass Effect fanfic and see where that leads. Paragon Soldier Femshep FTW. I've also got some vague ideas about an alien 'human expert' who specializes in investigating human crimes-- basically, what if Hercule Poirot was a greebly bug monster instead of Belgian.
3) BUCKLES, SWASHED: So, confession time. One of the reasons I can write scoundrel-mode Flash Sentry so easily is because I wrote like 100k words or so of original fiction about a similar Flashman-ripoff character several years ago. And every so often I get to wondering if I should give the ol' blighter another go. I think the real snag is figuring out his background-- one's got to find the proper balance between bastardry and a completely undeserved reputation, after all. If I can figure this stuff out, and maybe cook up a proper hook/gimmick to go with it, this one might have the most potential. Maybe? I'm not sure if I can say 'well, I wrote a similar story (only about magical horses) that was featured by the Royal Canterlot Library' in a cover letter. But I digress.
4) URBAN FANTASY IS POPULAR: This is another one I've worked on off & on-- my general idea is a 'Weirdo Squad' of various Law Enforcement professionals who also happen to be witches or whatever, dealing with MAGIC CRIME. And ... shoot, now that I've said MAGIC CRIME I kind of like that idea more. It's an idea I've kicked around before, but haven't quite gotten it to 'click' yet.
5) NINJA APOCALYPSE: So, think a zombie apocalypse ... only with ninjas instead of zombies. In that there's a curse that can turn YOU into a ninja. Which sounds cool until you take the inverse ninja law into consideration. So the average ninja is just there to get the shit punched out of them by passing Bad Dudes. Not a pleasant life, that.
Or ... I may just write something completely different from any of the stuff I just mentioned, depending on what comes out when I start hammering away at the keyboard.
Still, what do you guys think? Any of that sound like something you'd want to read? Or heck, would any of you want to read random (and probably terribly edited) updates as the month goes along?
...ninja apocalypse c.c
Okay, do it.