The month of November brings us smack-dab face-to-face with hyphens and National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo or Nanowreemo). And yes, we are heavily involved in it this year again, too. We've done it every year since 2004 and have managed to meet the 50,000 word goal each year, although we failed to finish one novel, we finished the others. (Two are here: The Priests of Hiroshima and Calvado.)
The trick, for me, seems to be having some Real Meaty Characters that either I enjoy writing, reading about, or just plain reading. The characters pull the story they want to tell better than I could force the characters through a story I want to tell. (The one novel I didn't finish, Caraculiambro, had great characters but even they couldn't end the story - a detective yarn.)
This year's NaNoWriMo novel:
The Murder of Tan Tinh Ai by Ruggles Royce, Ex-Priest
Characters include (so far):
- Ruggles Royce - ex-priest current mercenary 65 years old built like a linebacker and fast.
- Wings Kenosha - 40, tough, lanky, works for 'the company.'
- Tan Tinh Ai - flirtatious 24 years old, works in a fruit stand owned by her mother and aunt.
- Da Xu Xi - rough, male, 27, in love with Tan Tinh Ai. Owns a bar.
- Maxine - 50, American female black market exploiter living in Hanoi.
Ruggles is asked to find a kidnapped woman. The woman, Tan Tinh Ai, was last seen leaving a grocery store in Hanoi. In his efforts to find her, Ruggles discovers himself, his heart, and love. All in the wrong places.
Having read the synopsis so far, I am totally going to change it before I get into the meat of the story (I'm 6500 words into it - about 30 pages).
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