Plotting Along

My NaNo prep continues apace.

I've fleshed out profiles for my main characters and begun mapping out some scenes. All of the scenes for Act I are plotted so far, plus a few later scenes. I hope to find some time this weekend to finish up that process. Then I get to start playing with world-building!

Things are also starting to look good for hooking up with other Wrimos in the real world this year. That will be a nice change from last year's status as the somewhat exotic sole participant in town!

The Adventure Continues

Yesterday I wrote out a rough outline for my 2008 NaNovel, so I felt I should update this blog with the first of my posts leading up to this year's challenge.

Gone is the old "nexus for news of a neophyte's NaNo niche" subtitle. It's time for the "soaring sights of a sophomore scribe's sojourn".

This time last year I had no idea what I was going to write for NaNo. I decided it would be a good experience to fly by the seat of my pants for my first NaNo, and it was, but this year I'm falling back to the tried and true preparation method. I'll have more on my plate this November than I did last. Plus, the stakes are higher now. I already know I can write a 50K word novel draft in thirty days (90,517 words, in fact). This year I want to write something better.