Woo Hoo! I’m all ready for Camp NaNo! (Just finished my prep in the last few minutes.) It will be revisions for me with a goal to add 30,000 words to Love, Lies, and Clones. I usually muddle through everything, but with the limited time frame, I thought I’d get organized. (Okay, this is way too organized. Forgive me!)
The last week has been preparation: Developing a plan, identifying major plot holes, and organization. Here are the tools I used:
- Plan: Novel Revision Checklist Printed! I found this one and I love it! It’s at the bottom of this page: http://www.how-to-write-a-novel.net/edit-a-novel.html
- Plot Holes Identification: I compared the scenes of my novel alongside some standard story structure templates to make sure I didn’t miss anything. A nice overview of some popular story structure’s are located here: http://othernetwork.com/2014/03/01/the-story-structure-countdown-how-different-experts-say-you-should-structure-a-story/ and here: http://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/#Beta Read I skimmed these to identify key plot points and added sticky notes to the appropriate scenes of my printed “draft zero” of my novel. I enjoy removing the note and throwing them away when I’ve addressed them.
- Organization: I love the colored pens, highlighters, and sticky notes! Also, the Jamigold.com website has some good worksheets for staying organized – not to mention my own notebook for jotting down issues I see while re-reading the manuscript.
So the next two days are free days where I put the novel aside and breathe before Camp NaNoWriMo starts April 1st.
Are you ready?
Awesome! Good luck next month 🙂
Good luck to you too! Two days… I’m excited, it’s my first NaNoWriMo event.
Wow – that’s an almost intimidating level of organisation! (Coloured pens are awesome, though. I use a fountain pen sometimes and just can’t stop eyeing off all the different colour inks). Also, what is Love, Lies and Clones? The title alone has my curiosity!
Yeah, sometimes I go overboard! This may be one of those cases, but I’m excited.
I’m glad my title caught your curiosity. I struggled with this and actually blogged about it here: https://joynellschultz.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/novel-update-i-have-a-working-title/.
I am so not ready! I love how organized you are — I have some work to do!
So you’re signed up! Fantastic! You still have two days to get ready.
“And miles to go before I sleep…” I have all the tools, just don’t have all my … uh … *stuff* together 😉 Story of my life – but I do appreciate the encouragement; looks like a late night of prep is in store for me!
My outline isn’t quite done. I have the first seven chapters planned out, so that should keep my busy for a few days, lol. Good luck!
I think it’s more fun to write when you don’t have the ending planned out anyway – that way your own story surprises you!
Yes, but I already do have the ending planned out. I need to know how to get there, lol.
Dang! This is inspiring – way to be prepared!
And only if being prepared meant I’d have a great story… Unfortunately it doesn’t work that way!
Good job on being prepared! All of your organization looks awesome. I’m not nearly that prepared, but I’d already planned on not really knowing what I was doing, so that’s okay. (Wow, I planned for being unplanned…)
Good luck on your revisions!
I love your planning for being unplanned! I personally think this is the better way to write — Well, maybe not necessarily better, but definitely more fun!
Hehe, it is more fun, though I think if you have a plan it’s easier to revise later. Even if I plotted, though, I think my characters would try to change it up anyway….
The organizational side of me loves this photo! So neat! I also printed out my manuscript when working on edits, and found that having it my hands physically made such a difference. That manuscript is on the back burner for now (and is coincidentally the prequel to what I’m writing for camp) but I’ve got work to do still before the 1st. Today I’m trying to get character stuff solidified so that I have a better idea of who these people are (or start as anyway) before I begin.
I look forward to updates on how you are doing!
I love organization! If only I could keep my house as neat as my writing process. One day left… You’re almost there.
Awesome planning! I am signed up for camp this year,and I can’t wait !! Good luck!
Thanks! See you at camp!
Hi Joynell,
Thank you for choosing to follow me! Now that camp starts in 17 hours, I am excited and nervous. I’m spending time today doing character worksheets and working on the holes (immense caverns) I’m finding in my plot.
I love that you are thinking this will be fun! I get so wrapped up and serious that I stop having fun and my writing slows down to a crawl. I thank you for reminding me!
Good luck on your revisions,
Jodi
Your welcome for the blog follow. I’m really looking forward to watching everyone’s progress in April- it’s motivating for me. Thanks for following mine!
Holy cow I’m impressed by how organized you are! I made a squiggly outline in a word document and was semi-proud of myself for just that… X-D
Thanks! Having something prepared is definitely something to be proud of! I was going to go in with no plan, but felt inspired a few days ago… As always, I way over do it. Good luck! I can’t wait to see your progress.
Good luck to you too!
I’m excited to find another NaNo camper! You have some really great materials here. Thanks for sharing it. I’m following you now so I can keep up with your progress.
Thanks for the follow! I’m trying to stay motivated from other campers and it’s 4AM on April 1st, I already woke up and am stalling!
Good luck!
That looks fantastic! I am not nearly that organized for Camp, but working away at my editing.
I’m already realizing I’m a little over my head. I had huge ambitions and I don’t know if I can keep it up for a whole month! I’ve revised the first 15 scenes so far and added 3000 of my 30000 word goal so far. Lets see where we end up. Something’s better than nothing, right?
I’m often overly ambitious as well. And I’ll get this idea that sounds great, but putting it down on paper is always harder than I thought it would be.