For those of you who have followed my blog for a while, you’ve probably seen this tag before! I have previously done it for my project Arcadia (check out the post here) and for my #witchyWIP (which you can check out here) and both times, I just had a ton of fun. Now, I didn’t want to do an official NaNoWriMo announcement, because I don’t know how seriously I am taking it this year, but I figured everything that helps get me motivated is a good thing.
Disclaimer for those who don’t know what NaNoWriMo is: It stands for National Novel Writing Month and is a yearly event that takes place during the month of November. Writers all over the world attempt to write a novel with at least 50K words during the time constraint of that one month. I’ve done it previously, but only succeeded once.
Since you are not supposed to TALK about what your WIP is about, I am not going to for now. I might do a short summary at the end, but will mostly just let you guess?? Let’s do this!
THE RULES
💛 Thank the person who tagged you (no one tagged me this time, but still, thanks Michelle for creating this kind of post!)
💛 Credit the creator of this tag (Michelle!) and link back to this post so she can find out aaaall about your WIPs!
💛 Try to limit the amount of gifs you use per question – I’d say maybe stick to five or less but I’m not the boss of you
THE QUESTIONS
Sum up your WIP in 4 gifs!
(Keep in mind, this is just a regular old Contemporary YA. I wasn’t trying to hint at any sort of scifi connection or so …)
Time to introduce your main characters!
Karoline
Lena
Jack
Marcia
How would your main character react in a crisis?
If you were to meet your main characters, how would you react?
And if you were to meet your antagonist?
Is there any romance in your WIP? How would you sum it up in gifs?
Actually, despite Karoline crushing on one or two people, there isn’t really a romance. It’s super tame and just not about that.
How do other characters feel about this ship?
How do you want people to react to reading your WIP?
WHAT IS IT ACTUALLY ABOUT?
As much fun as it was to look up those gifs and pick them for this post, I could understand how you might not feel the connection to any of it, since I have told you literally nothing besides it being Contemporary YA so far. Let’s start with a little blurb maybe?
Karoline is ready to see the world! (Or at least she thinks she is.) After mountains of paperwork and considerable support from her friends and family, she is finally about to embark on her exchange semester in the US. But when she arrives, nothing is like she imagined it would be. Yes, every day in High School feels like she jumped right into one of the TV shows that have shaped her youth, but somehow she just can’t seem to make it work with her host family. Will Karoline manage and have to grow up in a foreign country with no support system from back home around?
I am still working on that pitch … but it’s basically what it’s about. This is very heavily influenced by my own experiences, but I threw in more than enough fiction to not make it awkward with real life people. At least I hope so … no one better try to find themselves in this story.
So far, I am not on target for the official NaNoWriMo goal at all, but it’s okay. I will write at my own pace. What do you think about my untitled exchange semester story? Are you interested? Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Let’s chat!
Life and Other Disasters 
I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year as well. My story is called “Toyland,” and so far, I’m about eighty-five hundred words in. Hopefully I can finish Chapter Two today and maybe start on Chapter Three. Good luck with your project. It sounds like something you would enjoy writing.
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My first chapter is like 600 words long haha
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You don’t wanna know how long mine is. 😂
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Hahaha when you put it like that, probably not.
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YES. YES. YES. I adore this concept, as you know, and I feel like Karoline is literally me in how she reacts to a crisis. My life is basically that gif haha. Good luck with NaNoWriMo. Keep me posted!
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Awe, thank you! Karoline is also literally me, because … she is and that story is at least half mine.
I am going to add you to the google doc. I am writing it all online this year, but you don’t have to check it out anytime soon. It’s just if you are curious 😀
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This sounds like a lot of fun hahahah I remember when you first did this WIP in GIF feature too. Hope your latest project will turn out as awesome as you hope it’ll be, Kat! 😀
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Thank you so much, Lashaan! It’s been about 10 years in the making (at least in my head), so I really hope I will not abandon yet another project. Although, I’d like to pretend the others are just on hold and not entirely forgotten.
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Your WIP sounds really interesting! This post looks really fun!
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If you like it, you should totally do a post like this yourself! I just didn’t tag anyone this time around, because most of my writer friends were tagged in previous attempts of this tag.
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Okay I love gifs and writing so this tag is incredible, how haven’t I heard of this tag before!! 😂
MARINA!! I LOVE HER AND HER LYRICS SO MUCH!!!
I loved finding out bits about your WIP and it sounds so cool with some of crushes and being clueless (in the best way) and growing up. I love the sound of it and I hope you enjoy writing it. Best of luck with your writing goals, I’m not taking part in NaNoWriMo but I like to use some of the motivation of it all to encourage me to write all the same 😂
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If you ever feel like doing this tag, even if it’s not NaNo related, just go for it! I think it’s always a lot of fun 🙂
Thank you also for the luck! I am not doing NaNo very seriously to be honest. I have maybe 600 something words by now and it should be much more than that, but I don’t really care. I use it as motivation as well 😀
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Aw.. thank you I might try it out one day!! ❤
Yes sometimes it isn't about the intensity and high word counts but writing when it suits you and enjoying the progress!! 🙂
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Ah I LOVE your GIF choices and I’m really looking forward to meeting all of your characters! It’s also refreshing that there is no romance, even if… well you know me, I love a good romance, but I’m all for a great character focused only kind of book, too 😀
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Thank you! I feel like so few people know about this. Usually, I am way more vocal about my writing projects, but this time it’s so personal haha
And I guess there will be romance-related content. There’s just no one going to exit this book in a relationship haha
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First of all Good luck with NaNo! 🥰 And second of all, your WIP sounds so good!! I’m all here for the exchange semester and complicated relationships with the host family, that sounds so intriguing! 🙂
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I am so glad you like the idea for my WIP! As I said, heavily based on real experiences but obviously dramatised haha Still, it’s a super personal project.
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Oh gosh I love your premise for this! That is such a fun pitch!!
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Aaaah, thank you! Means a lot ❤
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Hey Kat!!
I really liked reading about your new WIP! I loved your blurb and the GIFs that you’ve picked.
No worries about meeting the Nanowrimo word count target. Everyone writes at their own pace, the important part is to keep writing 🙂
Happy writing!!
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Yeah, I was really busy with other creative endeavors, so I am alright with not reaching my NaNoWriMo goal. Thanks for checking out my post!
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No problem! It’s always nice to read about what other writers are working on. I think as long as you are moving forward in your story, it’s great! 🙂
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