If you're on schedule, you should be right in the middle of Act III working your way through the Finale.
You're nearly there, intrepid writers! Only two more days to go!
If you're on schedule, you should be right in the middle of Act III working your way through the Finale.
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Your hero has emerged from the Dark Night of the Soul, he's faced his demons, and now he's ready for Break Into III. Best of all, you've written three quarters of your story.
If your hero has reached the All Is Lost point in your story, he's ready to enter the Dark Night of the Soul. Your lucky hero gets to be stuck in this section for the next three days of Nanowrimo.
If you're all set to reach the 34,091 word mark today, then you're at the point in your story where All Is Lost.
This is the nooooooooo moment, the point where the hero meets with crushing disaster and loses everything that he values most. You've come to the half-way point. Congratulations! Nanowrimo is officially half over.
If you're hopelessly behind, don't panic. Check out this Nanowrimo forum for word wars, sprints, crawls, and sundry other methods to boost your word count. But if you got to the 25,000 word count goal yesterday, it means you are now ready to write the midpoint. Yay! It's time for the fun part of your story.
Well, hopefully your whole story has been fun so far. But it's time for the Fun and Games section--the part that comes between Break Into II and the Midpoint. This is the part where your characters get to have fun adventures before things get dark in the Bad Guys Close In section.
It's Day 9 of Nanowrimo, and by now you might be--dare I say it--getting a little tired of your story. Not to worry; it's time for a subplot.
Today is the day for the B story to begin. The B story is often a relationship--in fact, it's often a love interest--but it doesn't have to be. The reason why it frequently appears in the form of a person is because it's the personal side of the story. It's the part of the story that will address the main character's inner problem.
If you hit the 10K word mark yesterday, take a moment to celebrate. 10,000 words written in six days is no mean achievement.
If you haven't hit that mark yet, no worries. There is still time to catch up. Ready for a change? Good. It's Day 7, and your character should be almost ready to make his choice and enter the antithesis world. Break Into II comes right around the 11,364 word mark. This is the point where your character realizes that he must choose between his familiar, safe surroundings--the thesis world--and the wild unknown--the antithesis world. |
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