Back from our spring hiatus, the Three Dirty Birds are pecking away at Libbie Hawker’s Take Your Pants Off! and discussing her plot signposts. Zoe: I almost didn’t want the stuff on character arc and theme to end. I was having fun! Kate: True. Once I started getting into the meat of plotting out...
Plotting and structuring over on Ana’s blog. I’m really liking this book. 🙂
We’re over at Ana’s blog, which as you know is the site for all plotting and mayhem, right? Wait, what do you mean it’s not that kind of plot?
Here’s the link: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/oldbrasscat/novels/kev-n-mo I’m already thinking the storyline is going to change a little bit from what I’ve got written, but I’m not sure. I’m still filling holes in the plot, and playing with ideas. Looking forward to November 1 when I can site down and start pumping out all these words rocketing...
In the run-up to NaNoWriMo, it seems appropriate that the Dirty Birds are taking on the chapter on novel prep in Chuck Wendig’s Kick-Ass Writer. Ana: Number one made me think, hey, I had Lyme’s, it wasn’t easy. But then, neither is plotting. I’m actually really bad at it. Zoe: I could never do...
I downloaded the trial version of Scapple the other day, to see if it would help with sorting out plot ideas. It’s like the computer version of something I do on paper at the beginning of a story, and I do like techy toys. 🙂 Here’s what it looks like right now: I’m playing with...