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NANOWRIMO 2011: Words of Wisdom (Or just words, you decide)

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Well the madness has begun. So far I have agreed to be a co-ML, but am relying on the other two to guide me through the month, have been to a great kick-off with lots of great stuff going on, went to a write-in at the local library, again lots of great stuff going on and then hosted an on-line write in last night. I have written 4037 words while encouraging a ten year old to get her stuff together and write 200 words a day, (so far she has only written 200, she is already 200 behind). It may seem like I have things all together. Guess what I don’t have it anymore together than anyone else at this point. Those 4000 words have been like pulling teeth. Soon I will get into the ZONE, but I’m still waiting. So like you all I continue to forge ahead.

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When I started I didn’t even know my mc’s name, but that came to me the last night. I now have a  mysterious antagonist that also revealed himself yesterday
Funny as I sit here and try to find some words of wisdoms to share with you that would motivate you as well as me. I contemplate what I have been through and will continue to go through for the rest of the month and I realized that just going through the process spurs the imagination, feeds the flames of imagination or the muse, whichever you chose. But you have to do the work, you have to sit in your chair and your hands on the keyboard or pencil in hand and just do it.
Anyway, my words are escaping me (go figure) so I’m going to give you a little quote from Dorothea Brande, in her book Becoming a Writer:
Say to yourself: “At ten o’clock on Wednesday I will begin to write (the  story),”[or whatever day you plan to start, hopefully you already started on Tuesday] and then dismiss it from your mind. Now and then it will rise to the surface. You need not reject it with violence, but reject it. You are not ready for it yet; let it subside again. Three days will do it no harm, will even help. But when ten o’clock strikes on Wednesday you sit down to work.
Now; strike out at once … (T)ake no excuses, refuse to feel any stage fright; simply start working. If a good first sentence does not come, leave a space for it and write it in later. Write as rapidly as possible, with as little attention to your own processes as you can give. (Taken from James Scott Bell, The Art of War for Writers).
So take her advice and mine as well get you butt in a chair get your favorite pen or keyboard and write. Take courage and jump right in. Write on.
Write On and God Bless,
Christina Weigand
PS: The twins finally let me go, but Myrria won’t let go, so she has a part in this new YA Fantasy.

Plotting: Planning 2

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Plotting 2

You have a list of things that need to happen in your story. Now what does it take to glue all of these into a cohesive plot?

I mentioned a few things in my last post and now is the time to think about them and how they fit into your story. You have your genre, setting, time frame and characters with apparent relationships (these relationships can be subject to change in the story) in place. Now comes the fun part.

What is/are the characters goals and how will they achieve it? What obstacles will stand in the way of him and his goals? And what color is the bow that will wrap up the story? (Tip: Decide if this is part of series, because that will help decide the color of the bow.) Another thing to remember is the ending is not always happy for the protagonist.

Take these things and consider the obstacles, big or little, when do they serve their optimal purpose in the protagonists journey. An extreme example in my story: I can’t have the infant son kidnapped before he is even born. It will definitely have more of an impact after we see the king’s love for his son and how the infant fits into the overall story. Maybe when the king trusts the kidnapper or when the kidnapper is angered by something the king has done.

This is the point where the timeline tool comes into play. You need to figure out the sequence of events so everyone is where they need to be when they need to be there.
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In my current w.i.p I had a wizard in two places at once. My critique group (they are very good usually) didn’t catch it, but thank goodness I did. There was a simple solution; I just had the wizard leave one place to go to the other. If I hadn’t some reader would have caught it and my credibility as a storyteller would have been in question. Timelines can be tricky things, but well worth the effort to have a vague idea ahead of time, so you don’t have wizards in two places at once.

In my next post I’ll talk about ratcheting up the tension and fighting through to the end.

Until next time happy writing and God Bless,

Chris

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