Countdown to NNWM 2012 − 24 Days!

[ladyseishou]

24 days until the start of NNWM


Plot is a map and I begin with it.
It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century;
that the stories are foreshadowed. They’re going someplace.

— John Irving



Can you imagine the beginning of your story, Nano Writer? The end? Then you have a map…

Comments

[lap_otter]

The beginning is a brief retelling of the events of the show, mostly focusing on what John thinks of the whole thing, just to make sure no one's approaching the story with a conflicting headcanon. This is pretty important because the story conflicts even my headcanon, so I have to address those points of conflict. Then I can say "we all on the same page now? Good. On to the plot."

At the end... there is sadness, and ambiguity, and I have a clear picture but I can't tell you because spoilers. But if you watch Sherlock and read Paper Towns, you'll have a pretty good idea what happens in my story, I think.

Poor John.

[ladyseishou]

I love Sherlock! And yes, definitely no spoilers. What's important is what you need for your story! The only thing I might mention is that readers usually look for an interesting hook at the beginning of a story but something surprising/different/shocking (for the reader/viewer of the show) from John's POV of the re-telling might do very well :-)

[lap_otter]

That's one of the things I'm hoping to figure out in the writing process. It's in the outline: "Okay so the hardest thing about this part is finding a source for the narrative tension, for the reader. It's not going to come from the events; they've already seen this show, they know how everything ends up working. It has to come from John somehow. A lot of that will end up being the way John feels about Sherlock, the fact that he's "absolutely and incontestably in love with" him (PT 1.3)." But I figure, if I get there and I'm writing and I'm just hideously bored, then I'll know I need to do something different.

[dark_kana]

Oh! Sounds interesting and something I'd want to read. :-)