Isn’t it great to wake up in the morning thinking of a scene that needs to be tweaked, or a plot element you absolutely must add to the climax, or an element you realize won’t work so shut your eyes and axe it even though you love it? And all this is before your first cup of coffee! It’s a fabulous way to start your day, right?
As NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November approaches at the speed of light, I’m getting excited!! Outlining fast and furious, and hope to start writing in October and continue through NaNo and beyond. No, I won’t finish the book in November, and no, I know that my writing speed during a month is about 25,000 words max. I really can’t write in a hurry, especially when I write pencil on paper. So there.
But I can’t emphasize enough how wonderful storyboards are, whether on your computer in programs like Scrivener or Liquid Story Binder, or on a big piece of cardboard strewn with colorful stickies that stares at you every time you enter the room. Here is my storyboard after I bought it:
And here it is now!
For a plot that needs exact logistics (armies on the move, whose group is where, how many miles do they cover each day, which character have I forgotten is in a scene), I LOVE this visual aid!
And here is all the other paper-phernalia of this next book:
I LOVE all these notes! This next book I’m attempting to write (Sev’s Vision) is a really difficult book for me, as those who read it will understand—assuming I get the darn thing written and it’s any good. Time will tell. And speaking of time, stop reading this and go write or read something!
