Take a moment to assess where you are in writing your story now that you're 4 days into NaNoWriMo. To ensure that you stay on track and write a solid beginning, middle and end by the end of November, stand back from your writing for a minute and consider the following.
Begin opening up to the idea of pulling the beginning together so you're sure to be writing the End of the Beginning scene on Monday.
For support:
Plotting the BeginningEnergy Anatomy of Stories
Plot the Dramatic Plot
Plot the Character Emotional Development Plot
The Three Major Plotlines
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For more about the Universal Story and writing a novel, memoir or screenplay, visit Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? on YouTube. A directory of all the steps to the series is to the right of this post.
For more tips about how to use plot and the Universal Story in your novel, memoir or screenplay, read: The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
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Thanks for the message on "keeping on track" during NaNo. When you first embark on novel length fiction...it feels like trying to keep a large ship on course...in a hurricane...and we're taking on water...being chased by pirates!
I've been watching more of the videos and they really help as a great guide thru. Also twitter messages yay!
great) liked everything very much) keep it up and dont stop)