Meh, it's the same with me. I'm sticking to my own genre for this year: young adult romance. It's after NaNo that I'm planning this huge 'project' that will totally be a new genre for me. And if I'm writing something new for my usual taste, I would rather do it in a time where I wouln't feel too rushed so I could make the best out of it. :)

This is my first year doing NaNo but I think I'm really just going to wing it. I don't want to be too stressed and planning before would make me even more stressed than I am. Plus planning isn't really my thing.

I'm either going to go with this tragic romance idea that's been going in on in my mind for a while now. It's set in the past (1800's- 1900's). Or I am going to redo a story that I did a while back.

All genres are really in my comfort zone.

This will be my first NaNo too, and I am writing a fantasy too, although I am lining up a few projects at the moment, of varying genres.
I enjoy writing fantasy, but I wouldn't say that I have a niche, per say.
I write what I feel like writing, I don't box myself in, generally speaking.

I wish you all good luck!

~ emptyanima

I'm either going to re-do my sci-fi story this year, which I've read a bit of but not written much in. My MC for that has really developed into quite the erm, personality to work with. *grin* OR I might go for the fantasy that I thought of just before NaNo 2010. It's a tragedy, which isn't normally my thing.

We'll see how it goes. *grin*

I'm not sure what I'm going to do this year, I have two ideas floating around in my head, one a sequel to the novel I wrote for NaNo last year, the other a solo story based on a character I created for a collab here on Protag. The first is definitely in my comfort zone, a fantasy, fairytale type story, but the second is a little different to what I normally write on my own, a detective story with a comic twist.

I don't know how I'll be able to choose between the two!!

One of them will likely clamore for more attention that the others.

At elast that's what happened last year. I was going to do the sci-fi idea last year till the characters from the book I'd just finished posted told me I had to write them so they could kill the bad guy!

Well, I was going to write a sci-fi / fantasy story, and was planning it sometime in July, but an awesome idea for a pure fantasy story hit me late august, and I've been planning that for NaNo ever since (probably the funnest story to plan I've ever had). Maybe I'll break out of my comfort zone next year....

Supernatural with a dash of romance, as always ;) Though its my first NaNo so fingers crossed :D

NANOWRIMO! ;)

Wasn't going to do it, but now I'm rewriting 'The Quiet Ones' from the beginning (there are seven chapters or so on here and that's as far as it got) with vast changes to plot and characterisation, so it's basically a whole new novel with three of the same characters and the same concept :D

@Del: I'll definitely read the re-write. :) I'm re-writing an old story of mine as well.

hey folks, I "winged" mine last year, but this year will be working in the sci-fi genre on a project that I have been brainstorming all year but not written a page of yet.

Trying to break my screenplay. I had this weird thought: Almost all great movies that I love are based on books, so there must be something developed while writing a novel that loads of screenplay writers (and vitually all first time screenwriters) miss. I want to break through that. If I have to write a 50,000+ word novel version of my screenplay to do it, I will! Genre: "Monster in the House" (like all the best movies are!: Jaws, Fatal Attraction, Exorcist) Suspense, Thriller.

this will be my first time ever doing NaNoWriMo, and im totally psyched to try it! the other day i was looking around on Protag, and saw this group and looked at the website for NaNo and i was like "yeah ill try it!"

i have an idea that i think is pretty good and original. its about this one man who has lived for centuries (not sure how far back he will go just yet) and hes immortal and invincible, so he cant be killed, and uses that to his advantage by fighting in pretty much every major war in history.

but eventually he wants nothing more than to die and be at peace, so he goes on a quest to find a way to die (this taking place in modern times)

tell me what you guys think, and if youve ever seen this idea elsewhere, cause i dont want to feel like im copying anyone!

@Hunger thanks! :D

yeah i wanted to get away from the whole striving for immortality, cause thats used a lot in many books and movies and such, and as much as i like the concept (Voldemort being the best instance of that :D ) i've never seen the opposite being done, so hopefully this turns out well.

My Nanowrimo is about some 12 year old kids in a magical house. It's going to be sort of time travel/fantasy/adventure.

My two biggest problems right now are that I need to come up with a basic plot line, and I need to do some more research. *Sigh*

-Foggie

@FogCat oh i feel your pain with the researching part xD ive got to research at least half a dozen wars scattered all throughout history, going back almost 1000 years for my story, and only a few days to do it haha