Note to self: Have you stopped reading the Nano forums? Nope. I'm still addicted.
So I'm still fiddling with my plot. I'm pretty sure how it will begin. And I definitely know how it will end (a big change from the previous years!) but it's the middle I'm worried about. Yeah, I know which big points I will have to hit, but it's the details that are worrying me. As for fleshing out my main character--I got an idea while I was riding the bus home so hopefully that will go somewhere.
I was also amusing myself with the Fictitious Crushes Anonymous thread. I have never had crushes on fictitious characters and have never had the inclination of writing fan-fiction (I'm a control freak in that regard; I do not want to use other people's creations) but I find the idea of creating a universe that will spawn fangirls/fanboys absolutely hilarious. So what's the recipe of writing a character that will make readers drool after?
Of course, this is assuming people will actually read the resulting product. I'm thinking it would be kind of nice to be in a community like LiveJournal where there will be a bunch of people who will be reading your stuff religiously and commenting impatiently that they want to see the next installment. But who am I kidding? Readers are usually pulled in kicking and screaming, out of obligation. I'm just lucky enough as it is with referrals from the official Nano website--probably from visitors wondering who this crazy poster is.
