We discussed pre-nano prep. Creating character charts, plotting, planning scenes and using the W-Plot. The thing that I found most helpful with the W-Plot was knowing where exactly in your story you should be.
W-Plotting
A. Normal World- Hook, What's your character like now? (Rooting Interests: Empathy, Admiration traits and Humanistic traits.)
B. Inciting Incident: The action that launches the story into a downward spiral. This should take place about 10% of the way into your story.
C. Things get worse.
D.The first turning point (Crossing the threshold, change of plans) The character may do this reluctantly. You should be 25% of the way into your book.
E. Enemies and Friends - Your character learns things he/she will need to know to survive. Things they are running from comes back.
F. Point of No Return- Whatever happens at this juncture will change the protagonist and they can never be who they were at the beginning. This is about half-way through your story.
G. Things begin to fall apart.
H. The Big Black Moment-All appears doomed until one character sacrifices for another. (75% of the way through your story.
I. Return with the Elixir- This is the struggle to recover from the BBM. Loose ends are tied up in this chapter(s). Resolve inner conflict. We need to see how the events of the book changed them.
J. Happily-ever-after resolution/epilogue. The satisfactory conclusion or "slow curtain."
Don't forget if you get a good line in your mind... Write it down. We forget these things by the time we begin writing.
Tuesday, October 25 at noon- I am headed to Crossroad Library to meet-up with the Southeast Ohio Novel Writing Group to find out what preparations they are making for Nano. Feel free to join us!
Good Writing! Rita
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