Okay, let's try this whole blogging thing again...
Less than five hours from now, NaNoWriMo will begin!Trying to write 50,000 words during the month of November during my first quarter of university sounds rather stupid, and it probably is, but I'll have a lot of fun along the way. Yes, there is the midterm on the 7th and the essays that are due on the 10th and 21st, but I'll have Veteran's Day Weekend and Thanksgiving Weekend to catch up. Not to mention, I've decided to be realistic and only try for 25,000 words. Last year I barely hit 10,000, so upping it to 25k is not too bad. Let's just hope I make it.
I have a good chunk of the plot plotted out, and one scene fleshed out. No title yet, and there's still a whole host of side characters who still need names and positions.
My working synopsis:
A thousand years ago, the aristocrat Jayahn is appointed the Earth Guardian of the capitol city. However, when her deepest secret is revealed during a critical moment during an attack by invaders, she is exiled to the Forest of Unknowns—banished until she is recalled to save the country in its hour of need.
However, the invaders won and time passed. But now there is a new threat of invasion, and someone brings to the King's attention the ancient legend of Jeanne of the Unknown. But what they find in the forest is a madwoman who doesn't speak any recognizable language.
However, the invaders won and time passed. But now there is a new threat of invasion, and someone brings to the King's attention the ancient legend of Jeanne of the Unknown. But what they find in the forest is a madwoman who doesn't speak any recognizable language.
After completing her education, Alissande is forced to realize that she no talent for metal magic. Unable to face her peers with her failings and unable to find a job in her chosen field, Alissande finds herself in the capitol taking on odd jobs. Finally free from familial expectations, she pursues her passion: singing. But strange things occur when Alissande sings, and she is brought to the attention of the local soldiers, and the resident prisoner of the palace who recognizes what she really is. An Air elemental.
When Jayahn and Alissande are thrown together and ordered to save the country, they each face an impossible task. How can Alissande persuade Jayahn that the original invaders' culture is worth saving? How can Jayahn train an army of lost Elementals like Alissande, to save a country whose Royal Family killed her own?
