My main character got herself killed off early, so I allowed the others to write their stories, brainstorming. ~ really valuable tool was the character mapping exercise for various characters ~

I allowed them to speak to me and they decided on a completely different story ~ I'm really glad for this time, better to learn this now than next month I'm still nervous about NaNo, but I don't feel lost

Where the scenes didn't move the plot, but were intriguing, I put the sheets into another folder for later dissection (perhaps their own stories)