Story Plan Checklist: The Checklist

[ladyseishou]

Basically, each day is fresh to me.
I mean that I look at the tasks set before me
at the beginning of each day, and the checklist
is brand new without the stresses of the overall
workload.

- Steven Arnold



So are you ready, Nano Writer?

Here's the link to Karen Wiesner's Story Plan Checklist which includes her Story Plan Checklist (PDF file).

For ease of reference (and for Nano Writers that have trouble with PDF files), here's the list that we'll be working from during October:

Part 1: The Basics (October 1-9)

1. Working Title
   
2. Working Genre
   
3. Working POV
   
4. High-Concept Blurb [similar to Step 1 of the Snowflake Method]
   
5. "Story Sparks"
   

Part 2: External "Monologues" (October 12-23)

1. Identifying the Main Character
   
2. Character Introductions
   
3. Description from an Outside POV
   
4. Description from a Self POV
   
5. Symbolic Elements
   
   
6. Worldbuilding Review part 1: Geography and Maps
   
7. Worldbuilding Review part 2: Sociology (government and religion)
   
8. Worldbuilding Review part 3: Language and Names
   

Part 3: Internal "Monologues" (October 26-29)

1. Character (internal) Conflicts
   
2. Characters' Goals and Motivations
   
3. Plot (external) Conflicts
   

Checklist Review! (October 29)

Take a Break before it begins!! (October 30-31)

Come back tomorrow, Nano Writer, when we'll start by taking a look at what to call our novels, our working title! Until then, keep writing!