Plotting Sprints 2012 Tutorial
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nanowrimo_ljMost of the sprints we did during the session are geared more toward fast lists, mostly because I find that lists tend to circumvent the Inner Editor Pre-NaNo. Thursday's session will probably double up these, unless other people have things they specifically want to work on!
Sprint #1: 5 min.
Choose a working name for your setting (world/town/city/whatever). Then write either a fast list of as many specific details as possible OR at least 3 sentences.
Sprint #2: 10 min.
What's Your MC's homebase/living quarters/base camp like? (Do they decorate? Is there a view out their window?)
Alternately, if they're adventurers or don't have a homebase/living quarters/base camp, what's their dream home? Or what's in their travel bag/rucksack that makes their traveling camp home? Or what does a typical adventure campsite look like?
Sprint #3: 10 minutes.
Your character's meeting someone new and wants to tell them about who they are, however they aren't allowed to talk. Instead, they've been told to give this person a box of 13 things to read/look at/touch/taste/listen to/smell/whatever. Your challenge is to pick out these 13 things and also WHY they chose them.
Sprint #4: 5 minutes
Make a fast list of all the things your character is afraid of (big or small). Don't worry about if some of your ideas are silly -- you can weed those out later.
Sprint #5: 10 minutes
Choose one of your project's themes (a central concept or idea OR the major conflict eg. love, hate, people need people, good vs evil, man vs man, man vs nature, etc) and write 7 ways you can show it.
Bonus/Homework Sprint #6: 10 minutes
Take a brief at your last 2 sprints...
Make a fast list of potential connections between pieces of both lists to mold them into possible conflicts and resolutions!
References:
Sprint 1 is from the 2011 World Building Plotting Session
Sprints 2 & 3 are modified from a character-building meditation AND a meme that was going around the internet a couple years ago.
Sprint 4 is modified from a![[community profile]](https://f.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
nano_writers's prompt.
Sprint 5 is from the 2011 Character and Plot Building Plotting Session
SPrint 6 is a bonus (we didn't actually do this one in chat, but it's a fun opportunity to brainstorm more plot ideas).
Sprint #1: 5 min.
Choose a working name for your setting (world/town/city/whatever). Then write either a fast list of as many specific details as possible OR at least 3 sentences.
Sprint #2: 10 min.
What's Your MC's homebase/living quarters/base camp like? (Do they decorate? Is there a view out their window?)
Alternately, if they're adventurers or don't have a homebase/living quarters/base camp, what's their dream home? Or what's in their travel bag/rucksack that makes their traveling camp home? Or what does a typical adventure campsite look like?
Sprint #3: 10 minutes.
Your character's meeting someone new and wants to tell them about who they are, however they aren't allowed to talk. Instead, they've been told to give this person a box of 13 things to read/look at/touch/taste/listen to/smell/whatever. Your challenge is to pick out these 13 things and also WHY they chose them.
Sprint #4: 5 minutes
Make a fast list of all the things your character is afraid of (big or small). Don't worry about if some of your ideas are silly -- you can weed those out later.
Sprint #5: 10 minutes
Choose one of your project's themes (a central concept or idea OR the major conflict eg. love, hate, people need people, good vs evil, man vs man, man vs nature, etc) and write 7 ways you can show it.
Bonus/Homework Sprint #6: 10 minutes
Take a brief at your last 2 sprints...
Make a fast list of potential connections between pieces of both lists to mold them into possible conflicts and resolutions!
References:
Sprint 1 is from the 2011 World Building Plotting Session
Sprints 2 & 3 are modified from a character-building meditation AND a meme that was going around the internet a couple years ago.
Sprint 4 is modified from a
nano_writers's prompt. Sprint 5 is from the 2011 Character and Plot Building Plotting Session
SPrint 6 is a bonus (we didn't actually do this one in chat, but it's a fun opportunity to brainstorm more plot ideas).
