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Ok first, this is bizarre, besuace everything I type is in all-caps, but the caps-lock isn't on anyway, wanted to say, good post nona. nanowrimo doesn't require that you write without an outline, character sketch, maps and drawings and whatever else you want to add, as long as youdon't write a single word of your work (itself) until Nov 1st.For both of the nanos I've done, I wrote out a chapter-by chapter outline before day 1, and created a spreadsheet with character sketches, including all their physical features, magic abilities, languages, school subjects they were taking (for the mg story) etc.I had every major and minor antagonist and protagonist, pretty much the whole cast, laid out before I started. I drew maps of the towns and cities, roads etc in the world I was creating.I did research on all subjects pertaining to my story so that I'd know the actual lay of the land it occurred in (the redwood forest for my 2009 scifi) even used google maps and google earth to see what it really looked' like, and how long it would take to travel on foot or in car.so to summarize, if you do nano again, and I suggest you do, prep for your story during october, so that you are ready to sit down and flesh it out on Nov 1st with actual prose.In that way, you'll find yourself at the end of november with a 100,000 word completed novel that was well-thought out and designed, rather than an unfinishable glob of goop just my 2cents
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Marie
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19 december 2014, 06:36:04
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