Nano Spotlight: N’wah With Attitude

Hi everybody! Today’s spotlight falls on Niall…

N’wah’s history with Nanowrimo, in his own words:
Thus far my experience with NaNo has been great. There’s been a little bit of readjusting necessary, because the forums are generally friendlier than those I normally take part in, but it’s all good. I don’t recall how I actually found out about it, though I suspect it was through the Vlogbrothers; it’s just one of those things that I’ve always been aware of, but never all that interested in taking part in.
I decided to take part this year since I (kinda-sorta) flunked my A-levels and I’m currently stuck in limbo. What better way to pass the time through November than writing a novel?

What are you writing about this year?
My novel is very loosely a post-apocalyptic story, but that’s not the important part. It follows a pair of survivors (though maybe scavengers would be a better word) as they make their way through non-specified parts of the European countryside.
The first, and “leader” is Finn; he’s the kind of person you’d expect in such a role. Gruff, mean, used to dealing with the universe defecating on him.
The other is Süße (Suesse); she’s a nice girl, and optimistic to a fault. She’s blind and suffers from amnesia that stems from indeterminate trauma before the beginning of the novel.
It’s not intended as a straight up post-apocalypse story, nor as a straight up romance; it’s just a pair of people being forced to live with one another, and dealing with the problems that throws up (lack of food, getting sick of each other, etc). It’ll get pretty nasty.

Who’s the best character in your Nano novel?
Tough question. There’s only Finn and Süße; I think Finn.
Süße’s great, and I love basically everything about her, but Finn is just that much more interesting to me. Maybe it’s just because I’m a stickler for anti-heroes, but I’m really looking forward to writing his half of their interactions. Lots of swearing, lots of questionable comments.
All that said, I don’t want readers to prefer either of them. I want people to get into the head of Süße and thus feel what she feels toward Finn; for better or for worse.
That’s the best case scenario, I really don’t know if I can manage that; but you don’t know until you try!

What advice would you give to all your fellow Wrimos?
There’s nothing you can do that won’t alienate readers. Someone will always think “this is dumb” and hurl your book across the room, the best you can hope for in that scenario is that your book is on a kindle at that moment, and you get the last laugh.
So don’t worry about whether or not you’re doing something, or even if you’re doing anything right! Saying that someone will always love your book is just as right as saying that someone will always love it. That’s who you’re writing for, the people who’ll enjoy what you’re putting down.

Sneaky Ninja question! What does your voice sound like?
This is the kind of question that I feel I really should know the answer to.
Maybe you should check out my youtube channel, for a totally unbiased representation of my voice.

Ramble:
“So, my name’s Niall, but I use a few on the internet; namely “N’wah With Attitude” which I use for both Youtube and Steam.
I’m taking part in NaNoWriMo 2013!

Now, I’m assuming that anyone who’s reading this is familiar with what that event is (if you’re not, go google) so I shan’t explain it.

Currently, my youtube channel has three uses: gaming videos/montages, translation videos, and keeping track of those youtubers that I enjoy watching. Come November, though, I’ll be doing some videos regarding my Novel, and possibly answering questions of those that are interested enough to ask. I’m also playing with the idea of posting timelapses of me typing, but that could make actually typing all the more difficult, so it’s subject to change.

So yeah, if you’re interested in seeing some NaNo videos come November, or if you’re interested in what’s already on there, be sure to head over.

That’s about all my words used. I’ll shut up and let you get back to whatever it was you were doing before my words pounced you.