NANOWRIMO PREPTOBER // How To Be A Plotter

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Channel: Kate Cavanaugh Writes · 2017 · People & Blogs

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Team Plotter Otter! Here are the 4 stages of my Preptober process, in detail!     

The short version:
1) Freytag's Pyramid
2) Character bios
3) Storyboarding
4) Chapter-by-chapter outline

L I N K S  M E N T I O N E D :
NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org
Storyboarding video: https://youtu.be/BVc-a_vvbKM

D I S C U S S I O N  Q U E S T I O N S :
How are you prepping for NaNoWriMo?
Are you a pantser, plantser, or plotter?
Do you already know what genre you'll be writing?

F I N D  M E  O N L I N E :
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CavanaughWrites
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katecavanaughwrites/
Blog: http://katecavanaugh.co/index.php/blog/
NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/participants/writersgonnawrite-2784594

Various Freytag's Pyramid resources:
https://losttotheaether.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/freytags-pyramid-vs-non-endings-in-storytelling/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjf0--n1fDWAhVD7oMKHcx2DfoQjhwIBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scriptmag.com%2Ffeatures%2Fspec-scripts-fail-aristotle-part-2&psig=AOvVaw0Efqq58dTioiwbs2A-tz1m&ust=1508089286662579
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwix6br36vDWAhUQ24MKHVFbDecQjhwIBQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fintro1002.wikispaces.com%2FScene%2BStructure%2B(Freytag%27s%2BPyramid%2BComplex)&psig=AOvVaw0Efqq58dTioiwbs2A-tz1m&ust=1508089286662579

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