Talk about sweating. I think I have my characters, research and plot ready for action in two days. These characters have been driving me crazy. I want to write them down. I know there's no prewriting allowed for NaNo, but when I plot I hear dialogue. So there's a bit of dialogue on my cards. I'd like to plot at least 10 more scenes, but have to think about what I can add. I'm thinking about going back and figuring out what I need each character to do to achieve their change. This is all a little hard with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse going on in the background along with two kids yelling at the screen or their toys. But I'll see what I can get accomplished.
It sounds as though you're doing really well Amanda (especially with all of the background noise!)
ReplyDeleteI also tend to add snippets of dialogue to my notes - partly because I think something just sounded really good (even though in hindsight it wasn't, necessarily), and partly because a sentence can be used to encapsulate what that character was thinking/ feeling so I know how to extrapolate all of it in the write up.
Less than 2 days to go!
Looks like you're up and ready for tomorrow (yikes). I will, once the Nano site gets back up to 100%, add you as a buddy. The search function, at least for me, has been down all week.
ReplyDeleteI realized this morning that part of why I'm not as excited about this, is that I'm using an old story that I want to rewrite from page one. So I haven't had to think about character or outline (I've outlined too much).
Well, I'm going to see if I can put in a couple hours on Sven before the kids invade the neighborhood. Once that's all settled down tonight I'll get my materials for Nano out and get ready for the morning.