No plot? Nasty problem!

Actually I do have a plot so now I don't have a problem. I've finally decided on something to write about for this year's NaNo challenge. It's a fairly character-driven and altogether involved story. I had a few doubts about whether I really wanted to write something that I'd written on previous years - as much as I like the other ideas I have, they're stagnant at the moment for me. I love them to pieces but I've worked on them so much for so long it's nicer to have a breath of fresh air - a totally new setting and plot, to the two I've worked on for the past two years including NaNo Novembers.

Saying that though, the plot and setting isn't exactly fresh. It's based loosely on something I've written out a plot for before. But the reworked setting doesn't quite fit with the plot anymore, so it's still new and exciting. It also draws inspiration from science fiction like V for Vendetta, Blade Runner, Fallout and Watchmen in terms of theme and setting, and 'feel'. It's not got anything futuristic about it but instead it's sort of Alternate Universe, so that'll be interesting.

I worked on it with Nat, because I decided that I needed someone to bounce ideas off. And she'd the same idea, really, because Nat herself had been stuck for ideas or not really wanted to resurrect something already planned. Recycling old characters is something I don't mind doing and we're working off basically the same plots and setting just from different angles and viewpoints of said characters. I think it's going to be an interesting venture; the same story told from a slew of different perspectives, with all characters having a part to play in the 'grand scheme of things' and some events in their timelines tying in with other events for other characters.

Unfortunately my description probably makes it sound really complicated, and I'd love to post some kind of a summary about it, but right now there's not a definite one. I'm going to settle on one when I update my NaNo profile itself but for the moment I can't, as the site is being re-worked over the weekend and if I made any profile changes until Monday they would all be lost tomorrow.

I'll see how proper planning works out for reaching my word goal of 50k this year. I usually do some thinking during October but I feel properly prepared this time around and I'm hoping it will make a difference to my word production rate. 22 days to go!