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nanowrimo_lj2008-10-08 01:21 pm
alison-sky.livejournal.com) wrote in nanowrimo_lj2008-10-08 01:21 pm
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The return of the weekly plot help thread!
Yes, I know you've all been waiting in eager anticipation for this thread to start up, and now you don't have to wait any longer!
So, for the new kids in the community, here's the basic gist:
This post goes up once a week. In here, you can ask for help on your plots. Each week I start a new post. You can keep asking for help each week, but try to ask for something new each time.
Also, if you want to get help, you also have to give it. Which means that you take time when you can to go through the help "requests" and see if there if anything that jumps out at you that you want to toss a suggestion at.
One of the beauties this community has is the willingness to help each other along in our 50k goal. And here is the place to do it.
And of course, that said, here's the BOO part.
With the thread means that these types of posts are no longer allowed to be individual posts in the community. So if you see one go up, feel free to leave them a comment and point them to the current week's help thread and the rules. I'll catch up with them eventually, but that kind of help (which alot of people are already doing for intro posts) is really appreciated!
So that's it. Feel free to start getting plot brainstorming down before NaNo, and help one another out. :)
So, for the new kids in the community, here's the basic gist:
This post goes up once a week. In here, you can ask for help on your plots. Each week I start a new post. You can keep asking for help each week, but try to ask for something new each time.
Also, if you want to get help, you also have to give it. Which means that you take time when you can to go through the help "requests" and see if there if anything that jumps out at you that you want to toss a suggestion at.
One of the beauties this community has is the willingness to help each other along in our 50k goal. And here is the place to do it.
And of course, that said, here's the BOO part.
With the thread means that these types of posts are no longer allowed to be individual posts in the community. So if you see one go up, feel free to leave them a comment and point them to the current week's help thread and the rules. I'll catch up with them eventually, but that kind of help (which alot of people are already doing for intro posts) is really appreciated!
So that's it. Feel free to start getting plot brainstorming down before NaNo, and help one another out. :)
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That said...
Sub-plots are usually my way to explore something that I like the idea of, but doesn't have enough merit to stand on its own. Are there any random characters, minor scenarios, or themes that you've wanted to try playing around with (in ANY story, not just necessarily when thinking about this one), but haven't found a good way to use them? Themes I find particularly useful for this sort of thing, as it can generate multiple sub-plots per theme. Maybe, for example, you could run ribbons through your novel that address paranoia, or loyalty, or the idea of progress versus comfort, etc.
Random thought: maybe there's a person/group that, for whatever reasons, feels that the item SHOULDN'T be put back together, regardless of who's in charge of it, and therefor they want to try to stop this.
Second random thought: if the MC isn't 100% committed to personally doing this task, what ELSE does she want to be doing instead? Could you possibly write in a sub-plot that involves conflicting senses of duty versus personal goals? Could she possibly want to make a side-stop somewhere?
Dunno if this is going to be even remotely helpful, but there it is. I like your story idea, by the way!
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