Camp NaNoWriMo August 2011 - Day 5

[ladyseishou]

Day 5 - 26 days remaining



In nearly all good fiction, the basic - all but inescapable - plot form is this:
A central character wants something, goes after it despite opposition,
perhaps including his own doubts, and so arrives at a win, lose, or draw.

- John Gardner

Five days in Nano Writers! Today's word count is 8,064! How is everyone doing? Often it's around this time that your story seems to lose its steam - you've introduced your main characters and their "normal" world. You've provided tantalizing glimpses of the thing, the Big Important Thing that your protagonist really, really wants (the girl, the boy, world peace, escape from the zombies) and whatever it is that nastily keeps your character from getting a hold of it (an incredibly handsome and/or beautiful rival, an international cabal of evil bad guys, more zombies).

You might have even gotten to the part where you're character needs to decide after all how much he really, really wants this thing: is it worth taking on all those bad guys, does he or she really want to risk taking on a whole world of pain/embarrassment/death to have his or her heart's desire? Well of course they do! ( But_do_you? )