Camp NaNoWriMo August 2011 - Day 2

[ladyseishou]

Day 2 - 29 days remaining



A word is a bud attempting to become a twig.
How can one not dream while writing?
It is the pen which dreams.
The blank page gives the right to dream.

- 
Gaston Bachelard

So the hard part is behind us, right? We've conquered the "blank page" and have forged bravely ahead, planting the seeds of our hero's story to see what blooms in the weeks ahead. And don't worry if you think that you're only going to get weeds. Even the dandelion has its uses, its own charms. So write on Nano Writer! Write on!

The word count today is 3,225 but remember it's still really just 538 words three times over the day, a handful of words, barely enough to describe what your character's wearing or what he or she's doing standing at the kitchen sink holding that bloody knife...

Questions, excerpts to share, recipes for dandelion wine? It's all good! Keep writing, Nano Writer!

Comments

[ladyseishou]

Very nice job with your word count!

And I love rambling! You know what Mr. Clarke says: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Matter, I believe, as revealed by Dr. Einstein, is just another form of energy hence the power of the atom bomb. It sounds perhaps the "magic" in your world is a way to make matter (more organized state) from energy (less organized state), sort of working the equation backwards. Maybe?

So your "magical" agent (magic field?) could be responsible for reversing the damage done on a cellular level by rebuilding (matter "magically" created from energy?) telomeres on the end of chromosomes (if you subscribe to the telomere theory of aging) that would allow for continual cell division to ensure the health of body tissues like bone marrow and in effect, stopping the aging process.

Most of this stuff I read off of Wikipedia (under aging) and I suspect is more than you need for your story. But fascinating stuff!

And elves! Very cool!