Begin pre-plotting your story for NaNoWriMo with the 1st exercise in The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories.1) Brainstorm how all three major plot lines in your story will evolve from the beginning into the middle and all the way to the end of the story2) Imagine how your protagonist's traits change / transform over the course of your novel as a result of the dramatic action. Use that to create a transformation summary for the protagonist of …
How to Create a Plot Planner — Part 1
Lots of writers are finding a Plot Planner the perfect place to stand back and plan and organize the plots, characters, themes, romance of their stories in preparation for NaNoWriMo2014.To demonstrate how to make a Plot Planner, I took inspiration from the young character in Chef, a wonderful feel-good movie, who made a "vine." I found the idea of taking little videos and making them into a bit bigger video a fun way to get a point across in one of those only-on-Youtube delightful ways …
Pre-Plot the Middle and End of Your Novel
Pre-plot the middle and end of your novel before your arrival - Makes for greater success in writing a novel, memoir, screenplay with a plot all the way to the end. Middle When pre-plotting your story, keep in mind that the middle is more than an exotic world of the antagonists and to create conflicts and challenges for the protagonist. Yes, the dilemmas and setbacks she endures in the middle provide drama and page-turnability. The struggle to survive and go forward also hold the gifts of new …
Dance between Plotting the Overall Story and Writing
Dance between plotting and writing - Think analytically - Discover intuitively - Consider the story overall - Select every word perfect Living by the sea, I'm daily reminded of the value of the switching from the near view to the far and back again. Beach-combing in search of sea-glass my focus narrows. When the tide is high and the beach disappears, I scan all the way to the horizon at an expanse as big and broad as I'm able to see. Writing at the word level is an act of grace for writers, …
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It’s Not Too Late to Achieve Your Writing Goal for 2014
Life spins a bit faster in anticipation of year's end. You intend to finish your novel, memoir, screenplay this year - simply finish. Fall is the time to write fast. Take October to pre-plot or re-plot your novel, November to finish and December to revise. Sounds simple enough. Forget the outcome for now. What you write doesn't have to be perfect or brilliant or even very good. In fact, the sloppier the better. For the next month and a half, simply focus on writing fast everyday and …
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