NaNoWriMo Novel Questions

(Yes, I changed my blog name. I wanted it to be more writing/reading related than fandom related (It feels so weird to say it but I think I'm growing out of being so into fandoms) and I felt like this was better)

Ahem. Let's get to it. I totally stole these questions from Olivia Ann at Weathered Things. Who originally got it from Cait at Paper Fury.

1. What inspired the idea for your novel and how long have you had it?

I have no clue whatsoever honestly. In the beginning, it was a whole different novel entirely. It was placed in medieval times and Rory was named Lunn and he was a faun, Castiel was named Rory and she was a short elf, and there was a prince. The Shadow Queen was still part of the story. Wolves were a main part too. One day I thought, “Hey, I've seen Rory used as a shortening for Aurora before. This would be really cool as a Sleeping Beauty Retelling.” And things led to things and now this is where we are now. I've had the idea as it is now for a couple weeks.

2. Describe what your novel is about!

I actually have a short synopsis for it. You don't understand, I never have synopsises for my books. I legit just can't write them. But NaNo is doing a 30 covers 30 days challenge where they choose an author every day of November and have a professional cover artist make a cover for their book. I wanted to enter this, but you had to have a short synopsis, so I wrote one. (this synopsis was too long so my synopsis for the entry is slightly different)

Castiel James hasn't had an easy life. Her father dying, her mother getting extremely ill, and having to drop out of high school are just small things in her pile of troubles. Caffeine-and working at her favorite coffee shop-pulled her out of the worst of it. Her life is boring by anyone's standards until he comes in.

Rory Rose was cursed by an angry-and slightly evil-fairy when he was a newborn. He didn't know the day, he didn't even know how, but he knew that he was cursed.

Cursed to turn into one of them.

Upon pricking himself in the finger with a name tag, he falls into a conscious coma and every fantasy monster you can think of starts to appear. Can he, in 24 hours-or less, if she gets her way- win against himself and defeat the Shadow Queen, before he faces the death of life as he knows it?

3. What is your book's aesthetic

Smoke. Dripping liquid. Slowly, painfully, dying. Wolves. Shadows. Coffee. Sacrifice.

4. Introduce us to your characters!

Castiel James Pink hair. Heterochromia. Coffee/caffeine in general. Kind of miserable *evil author laughter* LARPs. Tends to ramble.

Rory Rose Cursed by an evil fairy when he was a newborn. Everything about him is super pale (almost white hair, super pale skin, very light blue eyes) He's usually pretty nice. He's the prince of the Shadow Realm.

Anya Vaughn She works at Jimmy's, the same coffee shop that Castiel works at. She has dark brown skin and very curly black hair. She can't take people's orders, only make people's drinks because she gets panic attacks. She's a Christian.

Dude I don't have a name for yet I feel bad but I don't know a lot about this dude. I'm still working on him though. I think he's a foreign exchange student, who worked at Jimmy's as well. That's literally all I know about him and I feel so bad. xD

The Shadow Queen part I She's a little girl. Long black hair, freckles, and blue eyes. Loves wearing flannels. She looks innocent at first but LOL. Not so. She can control/communicate with wolves/Shadow Wolves.

The Shadow Queen part II She's an evil shape-shifting fairy. She likes being a small girl in the Earthen Realm because more people will give her compassion and be more lenient towards her. When she's herself, she's really tall and has long, flowing black hair. She has bones as her crown. Her skin is translucent and you can see her bones.

5. How do you prepare to write? (Outline, research, stocking up on chocolate...)

I'm a hardcore pantser so I usually don't prepare in any way except for making coffee. (Coffee is always a must) But for NaNo I wanted to have a vague idea about what I'm doing so I did make a chapter-by-chapter plot and a character description document.

6. What things are you most looking forward to about this novel?

I really love writing characters (and dialogue, just not very good at writing that) so I hope that I can portray my characters well and make them realistic. (Did I mention that this whole novel takes place within 24 hours? So, yeah, that aspect is going to be a bit challenging, but I'm going to try.)

7. List three things about your novel's setting.

1. It is set in Cleveland, Ohio
2. There are two 'realms' in the novel
3. There are lots of wolves? idk man

8. What is your character's goal and who (or what) stands in the way?

Well the main male character is kind of melting/evaporating & he has like a “battle” between two versions of himself in his so that's a bit of a problem... and there's this lady who kinda sends Shadow Wolves after them so yeah that's a problem too..

9. How does your protagonist change by the end of the novel?

I have no clue whatsoever. I did plot this novel, but not, like, character development wise. I just know the events that are happening. I'll let you know at the end of November, lol.

10. What is your book's theme? What do you want the reader to feel when its over?

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That is all. Hope you enjoyed my scatter-brained-ness. Are you doing NaNoWriMo? If so, what's your novel about?