{"id":279,"date":"2012-11-15T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/2012\/11\/15\/nanowrimo-tip-15-write-your-scene-by-scene-outline\/"},"modified":"2012-11-15T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T15:00:00","slug":"nanowrimo-tip-15-write-your-scene-by-scene-outline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2012\/11\/15\/nanowrimo-tip-15-write-your-scene-by-scene-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo Tip #15: Write Your Scene By Scene Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lindsey playing Liz. A scene about a scene.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These are my personal tips for NaNoWriMo. You know the drill. Take only what works.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another outline? Seriously? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes, my friends. Yes. Another outline. Feel free to call it a Pre-Rough Draft if it makes you feel better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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This time it\u2019s digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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That\u2019s right, time to type your outline into you computer. Refer to whatever previous outlines\/cards\/D&D character sheets you\u2019ve filled out so far. This outline should show act, chapter and scene. It goes in order of your book (so, all the onstage scenes) and its more detailed than the previous outlines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Your Scene Outline is like your flight plan. Once you have it in place, to a final check-off list to make sure your plane will lift off the ground:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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1. If you can, this is a good time to gauge your final wordcount. You\u2019ll the number of chapters, and the number of soldiers in each chapter. You\u2019ll want to make sure you\u2019re on target for a word count appropriate for your genre. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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2. Check that you know the time and location of each scene, who will be in it, and whose PoV its from. Make sure no subplots or supporting characters have been left offstage inexplicably. Your protagonist should not be overshadowed by another character. Also scan the action and reaction scenes and make sure your protagonist is driving the action, not just responding to the actions of others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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3. If your word count is on the low side, supporting characters have been shunted aside, or worst of all, you protagonist is passive or not onstage often enough, you\u2019ll have to add. If your word count is too high, you\u2019ll have to cut. (I\u2019ll have suggestions about how to do that further on.) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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4. Look for gaping plot holes. You\u2019d think it would be impossible to get through three or four kinds of outline and miss a gaping plot hole. It\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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5. Make the sure that overall, the book has rising tension. Did you accidently squander all your Monster Attacks in the beginning? Do you have five more chapters after the climax? Fix stuff like that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lindsey playing Liz. A scene about a scene. These are my personal tips for NaNoWriMo. You know the drill. Take only what works. Another outline? Seriously? Yes, my friends. Yes. Another outline. Feel free to call it a Pre-Rough Draft if it makes you feel better. This time it\u2019s digital. That\u2019s right, time to type […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,308,358,384,448,586],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dick-and-liz","category-lindsay-lohan-and-grant-bowler","category-nanowrimo","category-outline","category-scenes","category-writing-scenes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}