holdouttrout: (fangirlz)
I was super bored, so I was flipping through one of my folders and reading snippets of things, and I found an incomplete NaNo novel in which a witch and an old woman go off on an adventure. It's actually pretty intriguing, especially since I TOTALLY FORGOT I WROTE IT, but the best parts are the parts where I obviously didn't know what came next and just made stuff up.

For instance, there's this part:

"Yeah, well, the more you know."

The plant just gave her a quizzical look, which Mina knew was justified since she was definitely not in character at the moment.


and this one:

Suddenly, a zombie appeared from behind a tree! In one horrible shamble, he approached them and then bit them, tearing at their flesh in an effort to get at their brains. Okay, not really.

What really happened is that they walked down into the fog


Oh, NaNo.

Date: 2012-03-07 03:14 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] thothmes
thothmes: Bra'tac gives a luminous grin, from Lost City. (Bra'tac Grin)
I looove finding forgotten writing. It's always so much better (or, at worst, so much more amusing) when seen through fresh eyes.

I thoroughly enjoyed the not-zombies, although they did make the fog a little anti-climactic.

Date: 2012-03-07 01:21 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] ziparumpazoo
ziparumpazoo: Tree covered in pink frost (Default)
Ha ha. I guess there's something to be said about 'just write, edit later'. :)

Date: 2012-03-07 03:10 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] holdouttrout.livejournal.com
ext_2131: picture of a fish with lots of green (books_stack)
Heh heh. What's maybe even better but harder to quote is the change in plot from day one to two, and then the TOTAL change in tone around day 10 or so. Suddenly, it became a lot crackier. *g*

Date: 2012-03-07 01:21 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] grav-ity.livejournal.com
ext_1358: (Default)
I would totally read that!

Except I am terrified of zombies.

Well, not zombies, but fake blood.

(real blood is fine.)
Edited Date: 2012-03-07 01:22 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-07 03:11 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] holdouttrout.livejournal.com
ext_2131: picture of a fish with lots of green (Helen_smile)
HAH HAH.

Also: that's the only zombie. There are demons, though! (And blood, so...)

Date: 2012-03-07 03:46 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] annerbhp.livejournal.com
Hahaha. God, so classic. I miss NaNo.

Date: 2012-03-07 03:49 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] holdouttrout.livejournal.com
ext_2131: picture of a fish with lots of green (Default)
I am doing it this year! But don't tell me.

Date: 2012-03-07 01:05 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] mrspollifax.livejournal.com
I would totally read a book with that narrator. Hee hee!

Date: 2012-03-09 09:11 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] holdouttrout.livejournal.com
ext_2131: picture of a fish with lots of green (oops)
A NaNoNarrator! :-)

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