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A Man, A Plan, A Canal – Panama!
By admin | October 29, 2008
So, in an effort to organize for NANOWRIMO (after my disaster last week with the missing file…STATUS: still missing!) I’ve made a plan!
The Zombie Plan!
Part 1:
Create 20 files, the names of the files will be Zombie Chapter #. One for each of the 20 chapters I’m planning.
Create a file for random floaty ideas. These are things that sound cool, but where to put them?
Create a name index. I’m terrible with names. My secretary in “In Harm’s Way” (as I think I have mentioned before) has at one time been “mango”, Suzie, Betsy, Sally, and strangely enough Ben on one of my oldest files where she makes an appearance.
Part 2:
Here is the hard part, I want to make an outline this year. A general outline of what is going to happen in the book. I’m still organic, free-range…put the chickens in the little wheel pens and get them to eat the horn worms that are killing my tomatoes…in my writing style. BUT now new and improved with a plan of action!
Out of this outline should spring…
Part 3:
Each chapter should get a one line description of the action held within it.
This is subject to change, but I should at the very least have an idea of what will be happening in each file when I open it and begin writing. THIS way I can indulge in my “I can’t write this scene!” angst without leaving out scenes and forgetting them until editing comes around.
Part 4:
This weekend, when we get back from our trip…we are going to go shopping for NANO food. Veggies and fruit and a small amount of junk (very small) to keep us going during the time I tend not to look at what I’m eating. I also have a plan for making a few pots of taco soup/chili/ski soup so we can have something warm that we just need to thaw and throw into the microwave.
I think it’s a good plan…I really do. Let’s hope I can pull it off.
Wish me luck!
Find your peace and live it…even if it is planned to within an inch of its life!
-Renee
P.S. The title of this blog post is a famous palindrome…just in case you didn’t know. 
Topics: Deadlines, Nanowrimo, Writing |