It's only the fifth day and I'm already bored with myself! It's not that my plot doesn't have plenty of potential, I just can't seem to get out of one narrow section of it (maybe because I don't know what the rest of it is going to be yet)...
In an effort to stay writing, I've been asking friends and family to send me "first lines", which I use to start a paragraph I hope I'll eventually be able to use.
Anyone have any other clever tips for getting your energy back?
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Nov 5, 2007 - 13 55
I found that skipping boring parts and getting to more exciting parts helps get some energy back. I've accomplished this in years past by the following two words:
Scene Missing.
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Nov 5, 2007 - 17 35
I do the same thing and sort of jigsaw my way to the completion of the novel.
(I like to tell myself it's more organic that way--and I keep telling myself that when I come back to the monumental task of polishing the organic mess after November.)
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Nov 6, 2007 - 10 16
As others have mentioned, just skip ahead. Write a different section of the plot. I think I have "scene missing" or "fill in the details later" in a previous Nano attempt because I felt I was writing myself into a corner.
Do you know what you want to happen next? Ignore how the characters get from where they are to where you want them to be, and just write the next section. Maybe by starting the next section, you'll get an idea of how to fill in the gap.
You don't have to write the story linearly. You can always rearrange sections/chapters after November.
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Nov 6, 2007 - 14 24
I like to write non-essential, descriptive bits about weather, houses, clothing, anything really.
Even if it doesn't fit with the story.