October 2019 NaNo Prep

Oct. 31: - Plot: Premise Revision

One: my story takes place in Queanbeyan, NSW; the main faction resides at the Karabar High School grounds, making use of the equipment and the playing fields, they also expand into the Queanbeyan South Primary School grounds as the two schools share the same block of land, separated only by a fence

Two A: the main protagonist is Willow, a thirty-three year old woman with red hair and grey eyes

Two B: shortly before the outbreak Willow loses her sister in a car accident that they were both in, she harbours extreme survivor’s guilt that she lived and her sister died, she is still dealing with the tragedy when the outbreak occurs which forces her into the new reality of the world

Two C: the ultimate goal for the survivors is to do just that, survive

Three: other factions either help or hinder the progress of staying safe and the zombies try to breach the fences as well as make it difficult for the survivors to collect supplies, and supplies become harder to find which forces the survivors to travel further from the faction

Four: other factions, weather, wild animals, and, of course, the zombies

Five: there is not one resolution as the story is continuous, but there are many conflicts that the protagonists have to overcome dealing with the zombies and other factions

Six: exploring the best and worst of humanity, how different people react to the apocalypse, do they act with civility or do they become obsessed with staying alive no matter what the cost to other survivors

Seven:
Willow wakes up in hospital after the car accident and remembers her sister died
She shuts herself in at home while dealing with the tragedy and guilt of surviving
She starts seeing reports on the outbreak on TV and social media from all over the world
The government issues a statement for people to remain in their homes if they can
Her food and drinks are getting down to critical levels, the TV becomes useless
An emergency radio broadcast is introduced, at first blaring a pre-recorded message
Willow makes the decision to leave the safety of her home and go in search of supplies
The radio broadcast begins to tell people about the factions that have been set up
Willow decides to travel to the faction nearest to her location, which was her high school
She collects any weapons she can think of and the last of her supplies she has
She makes it most of the way but becomes trapped by zombies blocking the way
A survivor at the faction sees the zombies swarming around the house Willow is in
He creates a distraction after realising that there is a survivor trapped in the house
The zombies follow the distraction away from Willow and the house she is in
The survivor makes his way to the house to collect Willow and bring her to the faction
Willow is introduced to the committee and other important people in the faction
She is given a week to explore the faction and get to know the residents living there
Walking the school grounds she sees everything that had been set up for the factions survival
The is a decent size chicken coop, a couple veggie patches, a few cows, sheep and pigs
There is an archery field, a few manikins/dummies for weapons practice
The school has wood and metal working tools used for making weapons
The school has ovens for cooking and sewing machines to fix and make things
She observes the way the fences have been reinforced and the safety measures in place
After the first week she begins training with the weapons that have been scavenged or made
She is taken out with scavenging parties to learn the area and what supplies they look for
There is always a team of at least four for scavenging and supply runs
On the third supply run she meets the lone wanderer who brings survivors to the main faction
Willow is taken to meet a few other factions in the area, to talk about trading and survival
One faction shows their true colours during the meeting, being unnecessarily aggressive
The military faction has to escort the aggressive faction off the grounds
The military faction warns them that if they try to harm others they will be forcefully disbanded
The aggressive faction begins using its loyal members to infiltrate the other factions
The imposters start to cause trouble and unease making it look like another newcomer
Chickens start disappearing or end up dead, eggs are smashed, crops are destroyed
The aggressive faction’s leader was kicked out of his first faction for inappropriate behaviour
The main faction finally discover who the mole is and why they are doing these things
The aggressive faction is relatively small compared to other factions in the area
The military faction is told about the espionage happening in the main faction and others
News gets back to the aggressive faction that the military faction knows, the leaders flee
The remaining aggressive faction members get taken to the military faction for trials
They are interviewed and given strict warnings then separated and put into other factions
The ones that refuse to cooperate are kept in the military faction’s holding cells