Countdown to NNWM 2012 − 9 Days!

[ladyseishou]

9 days until the start of NNWM


Write from what you know into what you don't know.

— Grace Paley



How is the setting of your story similar to your
everyday world? How is it different, Nano Writer?

Comments

[ladyseishou]

Different times would give you different perspectives on your character's experience of their everyday world so I suppose it would depend on how you need your character to see their world in comparison to what is lived out in the dream world.

I wrote a story once based on the time just between Edo and the Meiji period (around the time when Perry brought his "black ships" to Japan). I'm a long way from expert (maybe more like passing acquaintance) but if you had any questions I might be able to help.

My story this year is doing double duty as both a NNWM novel and a "big bang" fan fic for the "Hikaru no Go" fandom. If you're familiar with the manga/anime story, you understand the Heian Kyo connection... It is a fascinating period. Imagine a woman writing the world's first novel at a time Beowulf was first being committed to manuscript form.

Sigh. Sometimes I find it too fascinating. Research is taking up more time than I thought. But then again it always does ;-)