Weekly Plot Help - Week of November 3rd

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Got a problem in your NaNo? Who doesn't?! But we've got a way to help!

Post here with your plot problems, and all through the week members of the community will scan through and see if they can help.

AKA - The best way to procrastinate is to help others!

So post your problem. Then take a moment to look at everyone else's and see if you can help them.

People helping people. That's what makes this community great :)

So have at it!

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My novel revolves around a town, and I'm basically telling people's life stories and how they entangle with each other... there's a so-called serial killer family, a couple of teenagers, etc...

ANYWAY. That town is supposed to be, like... closed, you know? As in razor wire everywhere, impossible to get out, people are fed by the government, blah blah blah. A bit like a non-haunted Silent Hill, only with around 20 people?

NOW... I need a good reason to "close" the town. I've searched a bit, and the only potentially good idea I found was... a coal fire. But of course, it's been used for Silent Hill and a thousand other stories, so I wouldn't want to use that.

ALSO, there are plenty of reasons to close a town. But which of them would allow me to keep the people inside? Am I making any sense?

*thinksthinksthinks*