Hi guys, so we're on the third day and already people are beginning to worry that their plot isn't coming along, and some are getting stuck for things to write, perhaps your character is a boring sod, well have no fear for Bethyy is here! And she has bought some great websites to share.
Okay, so this first one is a Random Plot Point Generator. Come to a mental block? Don't know what to write next? Can't end a scene which is lasting WAY too long? Well just press the generate button an a random plot line will come up, they have quite a few so there should always be something there and some of them are really good!
http://futureisfiction.com/plotpoint/index.cgi
The next website is called One Sentence, this is a brilliant site to look through, however, be careful because it's also good at wasting time you could be using to write! I offer this site to you because on it real people tell storie's that may or may not have happened to them, only using one sentence, it's great for inspiration when you have come to a halt in your own story.
The next I give you is a list of character flaws, this is to help you develop you Plain Jane into something much more real and interesting. All people have flaws, everyone I have met have had a flaw or two, myself included, so here is a big tasty list of character flaws with a little description of what the flaw is exactly.
http://www.darkworldrpg.com/lore/flaws.html
Now I offer you a Name Generator. Lets be serious, all of us have those Jane's, John's and Jack's in our stories, and who blames us! We have 30 days to write a 50,000 word novel! We don't have time to think of names! Let this website do it for you.
This one is a big list of writing exercises. Got a day when you really need to take a break from your story, we will all have them over the next month. Before going off and starting a new story that you'll 'go back to after NaNoWriMo' try one of these on for size. I find that some of these could even be used in your story when you come to a blank! Give it a try.
http://www.thatgrrl.ca/exercises.htm
This next one is a VERY long list of writing prompts, another website to help with your inevitable writers block to come. This website has a prompt for every day. Need to get past a tricky scene? Use a promp, it will take you places you hadn't even began to think of. These will become especially useful towards the end of the month when you're further behind than you'd like to be!
http://www.toasted-cheese.com/pieh/2007daily.htm
The last I have to offer is a character survey. A lot of us will begin to lose touch with out characters, the dreaded 'Out Of Character' scenes will become more and more frequent until you're not really sure who you character anymore, it happens to the best of us, we get carried away and suddenly the character you started with and the character you're ending with are almost two entirely differen't people. Try taking this Character Questionnaire, and keep it with you when you sit down to write, keep reminding yourself who it is you're working with. This is also especially useful for creating new characters.
http://www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/106
I hope these websites help all of you as much as they are helping me. Enjoy you're NaNoWriMo '09, whether this is your first time or 10th. We have 27 days to go and a target of 50,000 words! Hop to it people!
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14,121 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 23 58
Bethyy you're a star!
45,019 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 09 50
Excellent, Bethyy, that's a brilliant list of websites!
When things start to get sticky in weeks 2 and 3, I can see me revisiting these then. Thank you!
Gerald x
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