Well, I don't have one yet, but that's because I never plan ahead before writing. I think it's funner this way. I am interested in meeting your villains/murderers.
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Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me? - Groucho Marx
4,381 / 50,000
Sep 26, 2008 - 13 46
Hey!
I don't think my NaNo is quite a mystery this year, but I have a murderer! Lots of, actually, since it happens in - sort of - a prison.
My main character is one.
I believe it's one of the mystery aspects of my work to discover why he killed a friend of his.
What about your murderer?
55,615 / 50,000
Sep 26, 2008 - 15 52
Aw, you don't think I'd let you find out THAT easily, do you? Heh heh heh . . . . After all, for me the fun part of a mystery is forcing the reader to find out who the killer is at the end - the REAL killer, anyway, since there can obviously be more than one. I have some dandy, deadly red herrings planned . . . . and the scariest character I'm planning to use isn't the main murderer!
There are fates worse than mere death.
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"Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pumpkin patch . . . . "
4,281 / 50,000
Sep 26, 2008 - 17 59
Well, I'm actually trying to decide which of my players is the real murderer. :)
My story is based on a true murder that happened more than 70 years ago. The man they ended up arresting and gassing for the crime was innocent I believe. I wanted to go the true crime route, but the records are no more. Fiction it is!
Shannon
----------~Shannon Chenoweth
My writing blog
51,273 / 50,000
Sep 26, 2008 - 18 27
My murderer actually isn't going to murder anyone he will just think he did! Actually no-one will die in my novel....well not literally anyway.
----------Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow
51,081 / 50,000
Sep 27, 2008 - 00 13
At the moment, my murderer is the philandering husband, but that's so dreadfully pedestrian, and I'm having a hard time coming up with interesting clues and motives, so I may change my mind between now and November 1 when I finally start writing.
50,155 / 50,000
Sep 27, 2008 - 02 33
I think my murderer is the butler. It's a whodunnit parody :D
----------2006: "Sword brothers" (still not sure what that title refers to, but I WON and now I have 262 k)
2007: "Suddenly, ninjas arrived". A messy novel about the Romans in Wales, with a few mad celts and ninjas thrown in (WIN!!)
2008: "The Snuffing of Jeeves"
50,005 / 50,000
Sep 27, 2008 - 10 39
I have a murderer who pretends to be a blind lady.
----------But she is a bit of a doppleganger.
Still working those out.
Don't have a name either.
But she does have a rifle.
06 - critical mass, won.
07 - sin cera, won (but unfinished - that is what october is for)
08 - empty eyes/seventh secrets, on hold due to grounding. x_X.
50,301 / 50,000
Sep 28, 2008 - 12 05
My current plan is to have a washed-up politician be the murderer. He's gotten away with his murder for fifty years, but one Rachel Quinn and her burnt-out, old fogey PI, Valentine Covington, are about to turn his whole world upside-down. Of course, in the process, he's gonna flip theirs, too.
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I invoke the Zokutou Clause!
50,554 / 50,000
Sep 27, 2008 - 15 15
The murderer is a teenage boy, and the killing part was probably an accident. Although in order for the victim to actually die he had to beat her up first, so he's not completely innocent.
120,034 / 50,000
Sep 28, 2008 - 02 22
I have some mystery, a lot of suspense - but no murderer. Well, at least not a murder-mystery. I am SUCH an odd-ball! ;)
But my male lead will kill a few people, so I guess he can qualify anyway!
3,712 / 50,000
Sep 28, 2008 - 14 02
My murderer is a hired assassin. She doesn't seem as scary as some of the other characters before you figure out what she is. She has another job too. I'm not sure if she's going to succeed in killing the person she was hired to kill or not. That all depends on how quickly the main character realizes she's in over her head (hopefully not too quickly, cause then the story won't last very long. I'm sure she'll be blinded by her ambition though) and how stubborn her sister is feeling when she figures it out (she's not the most forgiving person and tends to hold a grudge, but she also enjoys saying "I told you so". Hopefully she'll give in soon enough to save the victim).
----------"Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing."
~Melinda Haynes
"Nobody is suddenly an author. They do not wake up and say 'Today I will auth and auth!' "
~Anne Fine
32,372 / 50,000
Sep 28, 2008 - 21 35
Which one!? The story I'm doing my nano for is part of a series, and I still have yet to pick which story to do.....
One's a jealous sister.
One's the leader of a cult.
Another is a nurse framed by her boss and out for revenge.
One thinks he's immune from the law.
But the one I'll probably do is a police detective who's secretly a serial killer targeting the MC and manages to get two fans of his to pose as the real killers.
----------AIM- writersbane
MSN- Sorinchako@hotmail.com
ICQ: 400822152
Yahoo: Sorinchako
62,925 / 50,000
Oct 3, 2008 - 05 45
I'm thinking my murderer will just be a hired hitman with maybe a drug lord who ordered the murder (never mind that the person who actually died was not the target, but her daughter)
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Oct 4, 2008 - 02 16
I kind of have two murderers. One is a hit woman on probation with the people she works for, so if she messes up her current assignment to take out my MMC, they're going to kill her. So she pretty much goes to drastic lengths to get the MMC back into her hands after he escapes her, by terrorizing the people closest to him until he gives himself up. The second is her superior, the guy who has to kill her if she fails. He has her on surveillance throughout the course of her assignment and he's a complete sociopath who has no conscience whatsoever.
51,986 / 50,000
Oct 5, 2008 - 17 22
The first question about the missing man (and it's pretty clear he's dead) is whether it was murder or mishap. Murder I think, although the possibiity of being eaten by wild boars is pretty intriguing.
Then we have motive. Will it be political intrigue and espionage? simple greed? a struggle over land use rights? a hate crime (the victim is an outsider). I'm leaning toward political intrigue but the hate crime fits pretty well, too.
As to who did it. The two companions with him just before he went missing? Some native villagers nearby? a hungry peasant (stealing from him)?
Anything is possible!
----------Saipanwriter
http://saipanwriter.blogspot.com
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Oct 6, 2008 - 12 07
I have many, MANY murderers. Here's Nacht, Hyperion, Aubelle...but that's my actual serious novel, not my NaNoWriMo one. So I won't reveal too much. ^__^
----------It's not like England or France, it's like a OH MY GOD PASTA IN MY POCKY BOX!-Kristen
50,049 / 50,000
Oct 7, 2008 - 00 49
My murderer is an amateur necromancer who's trying to figure out how to bring his kid back from the dead and ends up killing several people in several grisly ways in the process. My so-called 'hero', is not pleased about this.
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When in doubt - use zombies!
zinnith_nano.livejournal.com
32,575 / 50,000
Oct 7, 2008 - 06 11
My murderer was once a friend and mentor to my mc. She eventually went insane after her dancing career was ended by an accident. She believes the accident was caused by her fellow dancers and is currently out for revenge. Painful, gory, revenge to be exact.
----------Hey people, I'm SporkGirl, and this (gestures wildly) is life. Say hi to life. Shake it's hand. But don't run away, it hates that.
55,787 / 50,000
Oct 8, 2008 - 11 22
I have three murderers who each kill at least one person during the course of the novel, plus an ex-assassin.
There's the trained operative who's talent as an assassin has almost disappeared since her daughter's death. When her cover is blown, she has to kill in order to stay alive.
Then the contract killer who has nothing to lose and money to gain. It's her killing spree that reveals that someone's leaking secrets from a hidden organization.
And finally, a man running from his past who can't suppress his dark side. A man who will kill to protect his family.
----------NaNoWriMo '07 ~ KILL ZONE
Script Frenzy '08 ~ FATAL TARGET
JulNoWriMo '08 ~ BREAKING POINT
NaNoWriMo '08 ~ DOUBLE AGENT
4,281 / 50,000
Oct 8, 2008 - 18 17
My story has a few possible murderers, but the actual killer is very musically inclined.
----------~Shannon Chenoweth
My writing blog
65,148 / 50,000
Oct 8, 2008 - 19 24
My murderer is a serial killer who really doesn't like my main character. He's a he but other then that I don't know when he's going to show up and go boo. I know by the end she gets him but I really don't know anything about him other then he really isn't nice.
----------2008 NaNo: Blood on the Badge. 0/50,000
10,038 / 50,000
Oct 8, 2008 - 20 42
My murder is a 6/7 year old girl. Her accomplice is a 14 year old.
Sounds insane, perhaps, but within the context of the story...
----------2008: The Doll House
2007: Untitled (Unfinished)
2006: Malaeka (Winner!)
50,651 / 50,000
Oct 9, 2008 - 06 13
I ... haven't even actually figured out who my murderer is. I'm not even so sure it was a murder, and not a suicide! We'll find that out this November though won't we ...
----------"fainter and fainter... until the imagination knew no difference between sound and silence"
15,268 / 50,000
Oct 9, 2008 - 08 51
My murderer going to be my MC grandmother and great-grandmother.
Just because you rarely suspect the sweet old grandparents.
56,583 / 50,000
Oct 10, 2008 - 18 04
My MC has visions of old unsolved murders committed by a one of the founding fathers of the town. To prevent revelation, one of his descendants has committed b&e and murder to conceal the truth.
By the way, the MC is NOT a psychic.
50,049 / 50,000
Oct 11, 2008 - 04 49
I have two villains- a man and a woman, as yet nameless. They're harbouring a "Doomsday device" but not in the typical sense.
They kill anyone who finds out about it, and anyone else who's generally getting on their nerves.
52,878 / 50,000
Oct 14, 2008 - 12 39
My murderer is a rather prominent businessman with a taste for little girls. He's arrogant, and believes he has covered his tracks quite well. With his expensive lawyer, he believes he can beat any charges that might be brought against him, but in this case, the police are the least of his worries.
I'm still trying to decide if he will live to see the end of the book or not. Catching him is not the main focus of the mystery; the real mystery is where his victim came from.
----------"We do not quit playing because we grow old; we grow old because we quit playing."
2006 - The Daedalus Child - Winner.
2007 - Lana's Pack - Winner.
2008 - Precocious by Design - Winner
50,216 / 50,000
Oct 16, 2008 - 10 09
I have two murderers who are working together for mutual ends. The first murder was planned but the second victim was a witness who needed to be eliminated.
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Nano 2007: The Broken Name (Won)
Nano 2008: Dark Meetings
52,101 / 50,000
Oct 18, 2008 - 15 43
Um. He's a dude.
Um. I'm kind of as lost about it as my MC is. And he's the dead one!
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Odd One Out: Reality with a refreshing slice of aspie
Nano 2006 - "Tremble" - 62K
Nano 2007 - "Breathe" - 50K
Nano 2008 - "Dead for a Day" - Pending
52,101 / 50,000
Oct 18, 2008 - 15 46
I do know that my murderer raped my MC before killing him though. And my MC's a 12 year old boy with a 5 or 6 year old brother who has been kidnapped by the same guy. Only difference is of course, the little brother is still alive.
But for how long?
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Odd One Out: Reality with a refreshing slice of aspie
Nano 2006 - "Tremble" - 62K
Nano 2007 - "Breathe" - 50K
Nano 2008 - "Dead for a Day" - Pending