NaNoWriMo

As most of you are probably unaware November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. Basically you write a 50,000 word novel in the span of one month. Obviously this requires quite a lot of planning so I thought since I will be writing weekly Blog Posts I can use them to my advantage and get some of my creative juices flowing.

So far i have two possible plot lines to choose from:

Story #1

Setting- post apocalyptic U.S, nuclear waste land, certain landmarks remain. Basically the whole world turns bad, demons walk the earth, devil dogs, body snatchers, hell raisers.

 Plot- Follows three separate groups of survivors. Examines their back stories, and their emotional state as they deal with this new reality.

Types of Demons-

Demons- humanoids, red tint in their skin, tails like the devil.  Can control the hounds of hell.

Hounds of Hell-rabid dogs as tall as human, giant German shepherds with teeth like tigers. Once bitten fever will begin, roughly 24 hours until the person over heats and gets like super rabies, and eventually dies.

Body snatchers-take the form of their victims, no tell except for small mark on the ankle.

Hell raisers- control fire, basically pyros, burn whatever they touch. A burn from a hell raiser will turn you into one.

Characters-

Group 1 (Family)

Daniel: Father, very religious 

Jamey: older brother, childish and disregards the rules

Jack: curious, wanders off alot

Amy: Mother, needs more character development. (in progess)

Group 2 (Nomads)

Carter: awkward, discordinated. 

Sam: older, remembers the times before

Group 3 (Kids)

Jess: Leader of the group, looks after all the other kids. 

Emma: The mom figure, good natured, naive 

Shaun: rebellious, peevish 

Cassie: the baby. quiet and fearful

So far this is all i have for my first idea, i might post some excerpts of this story to see if i like where all the characters are headed. I'll post my second idea after I've had some time to further develop it.