Comments on: A little help with NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), please? http://languageisavirus.com/questions/a-little-help-with-nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month-please creative writing questions and answers Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ginger bee http://languageisavirus.com/questions/a-little-help-with-nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month-please/comment-page-1#comment-15228 ginger bee Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:21:18 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/a-little-help-with-nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month-please#comment-15228 I find a ***?re-all for these sort of things is to add a element of ***?ntasy, which I can't give you something specific because, really, you've got to write you're own story. But, anyway, you could--instead of having it be some sort of disease--you could make it be a really, really deep depression, and she just doesn't ***?em to ***?e the point in writing anymore, in anything. What's cool about depression in literature is that it takes the stand of the disease, ****? it tests the characters strengths because only they can ***?re it. You should give the character a creative way to come out of the disease, like maybe she suddenly realises that if she ***?ve up on life, that would be ruining all her mother's efforts to raise her, or even add a little romance, or like I said, a ***?ntasy element. Anyway, I hope I helped :) I find a ***?re-all for these sort of things is to add a element of ***?ntasy, which I can’t give you something specific because, really, you’ve got to write you’re own story.
But, anyway, you could–instead of having it be some sort of disease–you could make it be a really, really deep depression, and she just doesn’t ***?em to ***?e the point in writing anymore, in anything. What’s cool about depression in literature is that it takes the stand of the disease, ****? it tests the characters strengths because only they can ***?re it. You should give the character a creative way to come out of the disease, like maybe she suddenly realises that if she ***?ve up on life, that would be ruining all her mother’s efforts to raise her, or even add a little romance, or like I said, a ***?ntasy element. Anyway, I hope I helped :)

]]> By: debrisoftheages http://languageisavirus.com/questions/a-little-help-with-nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month-please/comment-page-1#comment-15227 debrisoftheages Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:11:34 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/a-little-help-with-nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month-please#comment-15227 You have a plot right there -- now let the characters drive it. If your main character is in this situation, what would she do? Have her do it. This action causes a reaction which makes her make a decision. What does she decide? How does this decision effect her situation? Her action has led to a reaction which leads to another decision . . . Hope that helps. You have a plot right there — now let the characters drive it. If your main character is in this situation, what would she do? Have her do it. This action causes a reaction which makes her make a decision. What does she decide? How does this decision effect her situation? Her action has led to a reaction which leads to another decision . . .

Hope that helps.

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