All you are planning on doing is just randomly start writing and if you get stuck you will just reference a book called the "Answer Book" and go off what it tells you. Is this even a genre? Is this even a novel?
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oct. 4, 2007 - 02 00
Hm. It sounds like a sort of "stream of consiousness" thing, but if you want to make it sound cool I suggest refering to it as "experimental fiction". That makes it seem interesting, a bit edgy and allows you to do whaterver that hell you want with it.
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oct. 4, 2007 - 02 06
Have you read "No Plot No Problem" yet? This is what it is all about. On page 83 you will find the Happy Side Effects of Limited Planning. Too much planning can take the fun out of it! Last year I read NPNP two days before NaNoWriMo and I started on the 1st with not only no plot but no characters, no direction, no genre. It works. The novel just grew from there and characters appeared and had issues and eventually it had a plot. The genre turned out to be sort of a cross between romantic comedy and Lifetime Movie of the Week starring Jacklyn Smith. I don't even read those things but it is what it is. This year I am hoping to start with something a bit more defined but so far its looking like random writing. I think the Answer Book is a great idea! I used the internet last year a couple of times when I got stuck.
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oct. 4, 2007 - 06 14
I think that'd go under 'experimental fiction', but to be honest, there probably isn't a genre for that sort of idea. Which is a good thing -- some of the best novels don't come under any genre at all! Novels don't need to have genres, to me. They can be good just in their own right. :)
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oct. 7, 2007 - 08 44
This isn't personal, but that is not a very challenging way to write - or especially read. I have a better idea that you may find suitable given your random writing blocks. Have you heard of a "Choose-your-own-adventure" book? If you get stuck writing something, just say goto page xx. Then start writing about something else, and when you finally think of a way to continue from the previous story, fill the xx's in with the number of the page. Given, this is pretty difficult, especially when drafting. Another way to do this would be to write several stories that revolve around the same characters and plot. Then, when the stories are done, cut them up into sections and place one piece after another piece. Given the nature of the stories you can write at the end of each peice, "If you are afraid of the cavern of the spider, go to page XX, OR if you know the spider is just an elaborate costume someone designed for halloween, goto page XX." It doesn't really have to make sense - thats the fun of a "Choose-your-own-adventure"! haha. Anyways, I hope this helps.