Shades of Maybe » Perpetual http://www.shadesofmaybe.com the personal and professional website of author jaymi elford Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 If it Works… Do It; or How I uncovered my 2009 nano idea http://www.shadesofmaybe.com/if-it-works-do-it-or-how-i-uncovered-my-nano-2009-idea/ http://www.shadesofmaybe.com/if-it-works-do-it-or-how-i-uncovered-my-nano-2009-idea/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:40:06 +0000 innowen http://www.shadesofmaybe.com/?p=992 “If it works, go for it,” became this year’s motto for uncovering my central idea for NaNoWriMo 2009. I fretted over the past five days about how “late” I was in getting an idea for my story. Kender and I brainstormed some ideas last night, and after awhile, our session devolved into discussing and me writing up an scenario I had for our D&D campaign. Today I spent hours scanning the NaNo forums, as well as my old Scrivener files for past rejected ideas. In that slush pile, I found an idea. And a rudimentary liking and shape took hold in my mind.

Admiring the forum banners, I stumbled across one that had a design and theme that resonated in me. So out comes Photoshop and my digital crafty side took over. By the time kender arrived home I had started files for a Dust Cover (for my author’s bio page), and a Desktop graphic. About an hour ago, I finished the designs on all three.

Ladies and Gents… I’d like to present this year’s idea:
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Now all I need is to develop that idea into a REAL plot and maybe get a rudimentary outline ready by November 1st. Any out there want to talk plot shop?

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