NaNoWriMo 2011 - Day 4

[ladyseishou]

Day 4 - 26 days remaining

Make everybody fall out of the plane first, and then explain
who they were and why they were in the plane to begin with.

— Nancy Ann Dibble



So the story is begun and Big Things have happened… you’ve hooked your reader with an engaging problem (as an example, falling out of a plane covers this nicely) and now’s the time to share a little more with your reader. Keep in mind the Big Questions while you write on: Who and Why - what, when and where should already have come up in your opening, right? If not, then these too need attention ;-)

Today’s word count is 6,668! If you haven’t yet started Nano Writer, come join the fun! It’s certainly not too late to catch up and all you need is a character with a problem and let mayhem ensue as he or she tries desperately to fix it… or woo it... or beat it...

Questions? Comments? Parachutes? It’s all good, Nano Writer - so keep writing!

Comments

[otter_nanowrimo]

I had a hard time getting started today. But I did, finally, by jumping to the end of the story, and now I'm closing down for the day with 3110 new words, and 17220 overall.

I'm finding that I really love the second half of this story, and am exceedingly bored by the first half. I think that means that I should cut the first half and go on without that story arc. The more I think about it, the easier that solution seems...

[ladyseishou]

A perfect play! It's a great strategy to skip ahead if you end up stuck or find yourself lacking enthusiasm.

Certainly it's a good plan to cut away dead wood especially as it seems you've found your joy, don't delete it okay? Keep it around until you're ready to start your edits. You may find that even as boring as it seems now, it may have bits that can be woven in later that will provide good background information.

And lest I forget to say, you're word count is gold!