I have a serious problem guys.
I keep on changing my plot every time I think about my plot. I think you can see my problem.
It’s so frustrating! I had a good solid plot when I signed up, but now it has evolved and evolved and evolved. I don’t think sensibly like oh I can use that idea for another story I think I really want to use this for NaNoWriMo so I’m going to change my whole story to fit in the idea.
Though at the moment I have a strong plot now, it can easily change over night and that’s what I am scared of.
Another update as well is that my muse keeps on escaping me! This morning I tried to write and only crap came out and now while I’m writing this post my muse is slowly returning to me.
Pinterest is my saviour at the moment. I am already building boards for my characters which is helping me loads!
How is your NaNoWriMo prep going? Comment below!
-Astra
A Stranger's Guide To Novels 
My NaNo prep is almost non-existent. I made my announcement post but almost nothing is outlined. I’m getting a little uneasy, but it will all end up being fine. I winged it last year, I can do it again.
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Phew, it’s good to know I’m not the only one whose planning is nowhere. I think that’s how I write good though- just winging it- it’s just that I’m seeing people use all of these different methods and I feel like I have to do something as well! From now on I’m not going to over stress about the planning part of NaNoWriMo.
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Yeah, never over stress NaNoWriMo either way! It’s not healthy 😉
I quite liked the process last time, but I did find that I had some troubles in the middle of the story. It almost got too short and then I just unnecessarily stretched it out. I think planning is good, but in moderate ways. You don’t have to know everything, but think of some major plot points you want to include to at least have some sort of guideline. If you change your mind while writing, you can still do whatever you think is best in the moment 😀
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Yeah I will make sure I do at least a simple outline. I’m going to split up my story into 6-10 parts so I know what’s going to happen in every couple of thousand words. I’m going to be changing my mind every couple of hours anyway, I just hope up I end up with 50,000 words by the end of November!
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That sounds like a good plan 🙂 just having some sort of idea can be really helpful!
I was so surprised when I made it to 50,000 last year. If I can do it, then you can do too!
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I really hope so! You are really encouraging you know 🙂
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I am sure and that’s good! I was trying to be encouraging! hahaha
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I don’t prepare for NaNoWriMo really haha the only thing i did for the benefit of myself was prompts- and that was more of a driving force for my blog. I know what you mean about not having a plot. I’m just sticking with the same novel i worked on last time. It’s okay to also start working on different stories, especially now to get a feel of which one you want as a project, but its totally acceptable to have multiple projects, just keep track of the combined word count.
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Hahaha if I start thinking about writing over stories my mind will explode I think! I just need a little self control to make me stay on course and then I’ll be okay. When I plan I think I tire over my story to quickly because I get really in depth. Maybe writing little extracts will help me more- or do prompts like you do. Thanks for the idea!
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