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ladyseishou

4 days until the start of NNWM

Before you start, clean your desk, make
sure you have the equipment you need,
adjust the temperature and make sure the
noise level is optimal.

Julie M Lindsey, How to Get Into the Flow of Writing

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Take the weekend, Nano Writer, to start your preparations:
make your writing space cozy, lay in snacks and supplies and
review your notes… it all starts in four days!

Current Mood: busy

ladyseishou

5 days until the start of NNWM

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think:
Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food
when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep.
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all
your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell.

— William Saroyan

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Five days! Are you excited, Nano Writer?
Scared? Remember even this is something
that you can share with your characters!

Current Mood: thoughtful

ladyseishou

6 days until the start of NNWM

Might we not say that every child at play behaves
like a creative writer, in that he creates a world of
his own, or, rather, rearranges the things of his
world in a new way which pleases him?

— Sigmund Freud

playing_in_the_wind2

What is fun about your story world, Nano Writer?
Exciting? Different? Hold onto that idea while you
write your novel… it all begins in six days!

Current Mood: excited

ladyseishou

7 days until the start of NNWM

Fiction depends for its life on place.
Place is the crossroads of circumstance,
the proving ground of… What happened?
Who's here? Who's coming?

— Eudora Welty

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What are the circumstances of your story, Nano Writer?
Who does your protagonist meet? What happens then? Why?

Current Mood: busy

ladyseishou

8 days until the start of NNWM

A good writer builds a whole world around the story of the characters.
This is more than setting: it’s also the soundtrack, the slang people use,
the color palette of the rooms, the social hierarchy hinted at…

— Julie Duffy, World Building

old_room2

What is your protagonist’s favorite expression, Nano Writer?
His favorite possession? Type of entertainment? Why?

Current Mood: geeky

ladyseishou

9 days until the start of NNWM

Write from what you know into what you don't know.

— Grace Paley

missing_piece_2

How is the setting of your story similar to your
everyday world? How is it different, Nano Writer?

Current Mood: optimistic

ladyseishou

10 days until the start of NNWM

The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and,
as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

— Anais Nin

sunset2

How would your protagonist describe his world, Nano Writer?
How does this description differ from how it “really” is?

Current Mood: busy

ladyseishou

11 days until the start of NNWM

If you're writing about a character, if
he's a powerful character, unless you
give him vulnerability I don't think
he'll be as interesting to the reader.

— Stan Lee

batman_toy2

What are your protagonist’s weaknesses, Nano Writer?
How do his faults keep him from what he most desires?

Current Mood: creative

ladyseishou

12 days until the start of NNWM

What is character but the determination of incident?
What is incident but the illustration of character?

— Henry James

running_into_water2

What might happen, Nano Writer, that could
change the life of your protagonist forever?

Current Mood: working

ladyseishou

13 days until the start of NNWM

The best stories don't come from "good vs bad" but from "good vs good."

— Leo Tolstoy

just_watching2

In what ways might your antagonist be considered “good,” Nano Writer?

Current Mood: curious

ladyseishou

14 days until the start of NNWM

A story consists of someone wanting
something and having trouble getting it.

— Douglas Glover

bizz_motion2

Probably the most important question you should answer Nano Writer:
what does your protagonist want more than anything else in the world?

Current Mood: curious

ladyseishou

15 days until the start of NNWM

Writing is both mask and unveiling.

— E.B. White

mask_from_venice2

What masks does your protagonist wear, Nano Writer? Why?

Current Mood: thoughtful

ladyseishou

16 days until the start of NNWM

The purpose of plot is to give the characters something
to do, something to react to and make decisions about.

— Larry Brooks, Don’t Confuse ‘Quirks’ With ‘Characterization’

surprise2

What is your protagonist afraid of, Nano Writer? What makes her happy?

Current Mood: contemplative

ladyseishou

17 days until the start of NNWM

The story you tell is about “the most important event
that ever happened to the hero of that story.” It is the
most life-altering, most paradigm-shifting, most
enlightening or crucial episode – and this story causes
that change to occur.

— Blake Synder

firefighter2

What’s the worse thing that could happen to your protagonist, Nano Writer?

Current Mood: curious

ladyseishou

18 days until the start of NNWM

Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life,
must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot,
that when it is untied, the whole man is visible.

— Leo Tolstoy

man_in_bed2

How well do you know your protagonist, Nano Writer?

Current Mood: thoughtful

ladyseishou

19 days until the start of NNWM

True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.

~ Alexander Pope

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Why leave it to chance, Nano Writer? Ask your character to dance…

Current Mood: determined

ladyseishou

20 days until the start of NNWM

There are so many different kinds of writing
and so many ways to work that the only rule
is this: do what works. Almost everything has
been tried and found to succeed for somebody.
The methods, even the ideas of successful
writers contradict each other in a most heartening
way, and the only element I find common to all
successful writers is persistence -
an overwhelming determination to succeed.

— Sophy Burnham

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I have replaced an earlier post written without due consideration and my apologies to the community as it was not my intention to create any situation that would distract members from the task at hand: preparation for writing their NNWM novels.

So... again my apologies!

Current Mood: hopeful

ladyseishou

21 days until the start of NNWM

I like to structure a story as "three disasters plus an ending”.

~ Randy Ingermanson, How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method

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Many writers swear by Randy Ingermanson’s “Snowflake Method.” Why not give it a look, Nano Writer?

Current Mood: geeky

ladyseishou

22 days until the start of NNWM

Whether you put it there or not, no story goes from start to finish without structure.

— Chuck Wendig, 25 Things You Should Know About Story Structure

chain_bridge2

Some “pantsters” do this instinctively. But whether you do this ahead of time or not, Nano Writer, keep in mind a story’s structure is what gives it meaning.

Current Mood: thoughtful

ladyseishou

23 days until the start of NNWM

Story planning isn’t cheating
(actually writing parts of your draft is),
it’s empowerment. It’s working smart…

~ Larry Brooks, Begin to Write It Down

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If you’re a story planner, Nano Writer, Larry Brooks’s Nail Your NaNoWrMo series is a great resource to check out. Lots of tips and thoughtful advice…

Current Mood: creative

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