Hi all, I am really excited and somewhat nervous first time nano writer. The problem I have is I have a bunch of ideas and can't seem to settle on just one. Any tips?
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| smccalla | Newbi to Nanowrimo have one questionhow do you settle on one plot |
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Hi all, I am really excited and somewhat nervous first time nano writer. The problem I have is I have a bunch of ideas and can't seem to settle on just one. Any tips? |
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Oct 26, 2009 - 10 50
Tips, for what they are worth:
(1) Pick the story you like best.
(2) Pick the story you think you can go farthest with.
(3) Pick the plot with the funnest characters.
If you really can't decide between them, do what I do:
(1) flip a coin over two of the plots.
(2) When you look at the coin, watch your feelings: are you happy, or disappointed, in the results? If happy, go with that plot. If disappointed, go with the other one.
One more thought: Can you work two or more of the plots together? Braid them, and have the characters meet up down the line?
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Oct 26, 2009 - 12 19
(1) Pick the story you like best.
(2) Pick the story you think you can go farthest with.
(3) Pick the plot with the funnest characters.
If you really can't decide between them, do what I do:
(1) flip a coin over two of the plots.
(2) When you look at the coin, watch your feelings: are you happy, or disappointed, in the results? If happy, go with that plot. If disappointed, go with the other one.
One more thought: Can you work two or more of the plots together? Braid them, and have the characters meet up down the line?
This is great advice but I generally end up just winging it. That seems to work for me but this year I might try this. Good luck and thanks for this advice!!!
The Mrs. wants to write, does she.....
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Oct 26, 2009 - 13 17
I tend not to think in whole plots, but in scenes. I've been making scene notes since June of this year since my muse tends to get very shy in November. My "plot" -- such as it is -- is being driven by the characters, with me pulling the strings to get them from one scene to another. But this doesn't always work, and sometimes they wander off, or jump ahead or back to something unexpected.
My advice: let them. Focus your energy now on developing a couple of characters and some kind of conflict or whatever between them or about them. If you have ideas in mind, use them. If you're struggling for word count, one of your characters could suddenly decide to do NaNoWriMo and you can get a chance to use your discarded plots in "their" novel.
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Nov 4, 2009 - 22 35
I'm a returning winner, so I planned ahead to make this year's novel a sequel to last year's mystery. My main characters continued in this novel along with the thread from first plot. Today, day four, I had to ammend the plot when my characters took some unexpected twists and turns. I braided those twists and turned them into a secondary thread.
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Nov 5, 2009 - 08 04
mwalker's advice is great, and I'd listen to him; just go with the one you're most excited with, and if that's not just one, then the one you have the most ideas/energy for.
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