October NaNo Prep Challenge: 2012 Calendar


This list of daily challenges accompanies "October NaNoWriMo Prep Challenge"  [13+]. If a challenge does not apply to your novel project (for example, if your story takes place in a single setting, and therefore you can't describe three separate settings), post "Challenge not applicable" in the forum for that day. You will still be eligible for the grand prizes.

If you cannot access the dropnote links, try the non-dropnote version: "Prep 2012 Calendar - No Dropnote Links"  [E]

THE CALENDAR:
(Required Assignments. Click each assignment for detailed instructions.)

Monday, Oct. 01 - PREMISE
The premise   of your novel summarizes the following:
Who is(are) your protagonist(s)? Father of the story teller

What will happen to him/her/it/them? The story starts out at the end.. He is a harsh man who becomes possessed by a devil or spirit

Why? Living in a haunted house or having a witch as a mother

How will it turn out? Back at the nursing home at dad's bed side

What does that tell us? Tells us the family ties of this character

Is there a moral to the story? Do not find your self alone due to the acts of the past

Options:
A “what if” question. Example: the movie Groundhog Day (1993): ‘What if you lived the same day over and over again?’

What if the family did not live in the haunted house? The father would have probably had the same problems due to the events in his own family history.

A theme or moral and how your storyline addresses it. Example: In this epic tale of love conquering fear, Carly must overcome her fear of flying to traverse the globe and pull Tom, the love of her life, back from death’s door.

The daughter forgives her father, and realizes that his life's elder years were punishment enough.

*** STILL NEED A STORY IDEA? Try the writing tools at the bottom of the calendar.

Tuesday, Oct. 02 - OUTLINE #1
The first draft of your outline.
Options:
Using traditional outline format   : Define what happens at the beginning, climax, and the end.
Using Index Cards (Paper or Electronic): Define your beginning, climax, and end. As you build your outline throughout October, you can easily shuffle around plot elements.
The Snowflake Method   : Write a provocative one-sentence description of your story. Example from Randy Ingermanson’s Transgression   : “A rogue physicist travels back in time to kill the apostle Paul.”

*** SEE ALSO: Outlining Tools in the Writing Tools section at the bottom of this calendar.

My words are ways to leave peices of myself behind for my children.

MY KIDS BE THE JUDGE  (ASR) First contest I have ever done #1554932 by Ida_Matilda_Wright Help

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SURVEY

Open Door To Grace Prayer Hot Line  (E) Do you want prayer? Ask for it here! All requests are confidential. #1372909 by Marvelous Friend

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