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Marathon Plot Training for NaNoWriMo

October 27, 2010 By Martha Alderson

In less than 2 hours, pre-plot the characters and events and ideas you’re imagining for your NaNoWriMo writing project.

The more organized your vision, the more productive your daily writing practice is for NaNoWriMo and otherwise.

The following steps take no longer than 5 – 9 minutes each. As simple as clicking the step you want and watching a video:

STEP ONE: Character and Goal (Part 1) — Dramatic Action Plot

STEP TWO: Character Flaw — Character Emotional Development Plot

STEP THREE: Setting — Part 1: (Beginning 1/4) — Ordinary World

STEP FOUR: Setting — Part 2: (Middle 1/2) — Extraordinary, Exotic, Unusual World

STEP FIVE: Three Major Plot Threads — Character Emotional Development Plot, Dramatic Action Plot, Thematic Significance Plot + Romance Plot

STEP SIX: Secondary and Sub-plots

STEP SEVEN: Climax (Part 1) — The End

STEP EIGHT: Climax (Part 2) — The End

STEP NINE: Energy Anatomy of Stories — Plot at the Overall Story Level

STEP TEN: Plot the Beginning

STEP ELEVEN: Turning Points

STEP TWELVE: Goal (Part 2) The Middle — Dramatic Action Plot

STEP THIRTEEN: Antagonists for Protagonist and for the Writer

MORE TO COME…

Give yourself the gift of writing next month and show up everyday.

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