All Novel’s Eve - Fast Fiction

	Fast Fiction Tuesday, October 31, 2006 All Novel’s Eve I don’t usually start my novel right at midnight. Oh, sure, I have in the past. But I usually toss those words out and start over. (Though I have to admit as a swimmer I never had a false start in all my meets.) So tonight I have to start because I agreed to go to a midnight write. Which means I have to know what I’m doing, at least enough for the first thousand words or so. I’ve been thinking about characters and maybe an arc. I was thinking if the novel is going to be focused on candy, it should have a character in it that loves every candy I detest. I was also thinking there should be a quest ... that my main character has to be searching for something or trying to do something. You know, something. I haven’t figured out what it is. I haven’t decided anything past the first sentence and scene. If that doesn’t work, I guess I can always start over! POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:02 pm NaNoWriMo • Comments You’re not allowed to have an arc at midnight on November 1st. You’ll make the rest of us look bad. Comment by Jon on 10/31/06 at 5:00 pm Hey, I only knew the first scene, and in the end even that one turned out completely different than I thought it would - but I wrote 2k in 90mins, sooo… Arc? On Nov 1? Not here. Comment by Barbara on 10/31/06 at 11:18 pm I have about 10 degrees of arc and the first six chapters loosely planned. Is that good? Comment by Scott on 11/01/06 at 11:02 am Well, I won’t be actually writing a novel in November, but I will be FINALLY blogging a novel I helped my friend Barbara finish just before she died a few years ago. It’s a young adult questing tale with lots of imaginative happenings groovy themes. Hope you’ll take a look someday… And congrats on your amazing nanowrimo credentials! Mindy T. http://tandariltree.blogspot.com Comment by mindy on 11/01/06 at 7:54 pm I had a great arc ... and then I went to our local (South Bay) midnight write-in and wrote something completely different. I love NaNoWriMo. Comment by Elkit on 11/02/06 at 7:47 pm Commenting is not available in this channel entry. Next entry: Out of the Gate Previous entry: Creating Great Blogs Trackback URL: http://www.typetive.com/trackback1177
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