Told you I’d fill this week with NaNoWriMo related posts. :P

I wanted so badly to start writing today, but of course I couldn’t. I managed to list down some names for the characters already, but I’ve yet to really characterize them. Gosh, who knew this could be so hard?

So I’ve decided on some plot points, which I think works better on me. Maybe it’s because my characters are sitll kind of based on other people? Probably. I’ve got the first flow of events already, although I have some questions to answer myself, like:

• Would it be better if Ruth actually attends a speed dating event or would she just sit and criticize the event from the start and then Mitchie would tell her to loosen up?
• Ruth may be “manang” but she’s not a robot. I’m thinking she’d have this little crush at work who she takes a bit seriously but it turns out the guy is gay, which prods her to finally agree to what her friends propose. Hm…okay, not a little crush. Maybe someone she just admires, because I don’t think Ruth would ever agree to call it a crush. She’s way too manang for that. ;)

So aside from the main characters I’ve listed in the previous post, I’m going to need another cast of characters that would act as Ruth’s series of dates within the novel. Aha, this should be fun. :) I’ve been following this thread at the boards about bad dates and I’ve got a ton of ideas already on what Ruth would go through. Hee. Here’s a tentative list of dates:

• The first I’ve planned is really a non-date, where Ruth is supposed to go out with Pia and Angelo with Angelo’s cousin who she thought was a girl but is actually a guy with a really ambiguous name. Mitchie would see them and think she’s on a date…where she then tells her that she’s unfair for agreeing with Pia and not with her.
• There’s going to be an old high school crush which turns out to be a jerk. I wonder who to base this on…hahaha KIDDING!
• There’s also this guy who seems nice but will turn out to have a jealous ex. And a controlling mother. Hm. This should be fun. :P
• Oh, and this is a new one that I just got yesterday! Carol’s fiancee would set Ruth up with a guy he knows from the insurance industry. Haha guess how this would turn out. :P
• There will also be a younger guy and an older guy, most definitely. :D And maybe a guy who sells unlocked cell phones, but I’m not so sure how to fit that in the story yet.

And that’s it so far. I think I need more. I’m pretty sure her friends would put up a personal ad for her, but does that even work here in the country? And what other date mishaps could Ruth get into?

Argh, I really need to set aside time to write these things. Any other suggestions? :)