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Tag: snowflake
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Step 6 of Nanowrimo Planning: Time to Get Real!
STEP SIX: TIME TO … Build and expand, build and expand . . . . Remember those five sentences you wrote in step two that you made into five paragraphs in step five? Well, we’re going to expand each of those to a page each…with a twist. We’re going to write what…
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Step 5 of Nanowrimo Planning: Step Two, Pumped Up!
STEP FIVE: STEP TWO, PUMPED UP! Now that you know your characters better, and you know your plot a bit better, it’s time to look back for a moment and build on step two. You know more now, so this shouldn’t be tough, but here’s what step five involves: In step two, you…
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Step 3 of Nanowrimo Novel Planning: The Staff Meeting
STEP THREE: STAFF MEETING As a teacher, I’m often FORCED to attend staff meetings where a wide variety of characters come together and accomplish very little. You need to have a staff meeting for your novel, too, but the difference is, you need to accomplish a great deal in yours. It’s a challenge, but…
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STEP 1 of Nanowrimo Novel Planning: A simple (?) sentence!
Remember that for Nanowrimo, our weapon of choice is … a snowflake. See yesterday’s post if you don’t know what I’m talking about. In any case, today, I’m posting the first of seven steps that will help you plan a novel for Nanowrimo. Even if you’ve never planned before, I guarantee this method will…
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Planning for NANOWRIMO: A modified snowflake?
We’re in this one together… NOVEL PREP STEPS (based on Randy Ingermanson’s method) Simplify. Whenever possible, simplify. When I first saw Randy Ingermanson’s snowflake method in action, it was intriguing, but somewhat complicated. Ten steps and plenty of diversions this way and that to discuss side issues. The text was confusing, but I loved…