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So, I finally started outlining my novella idea, one I\u2019ve had for a while, a story that I sort of tried writing last year but didn\u2019t get very far with it. Knowing Camp NaNo was coming up again, I figured yeah, I can just polish off my outline, change things a bit and work on it in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh, how wrong I was!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realized pretty quickly that it was going to take longer than I thought to rework it into a more modern setting. That also meant changing my main character, which meant rethinking their character type, their flaws & motivations, and the rest of the cast. So\u2026Camp NaNo is still happening, but I\u2019ll be using it to work on this outline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided to bust out some old books (First Draft in 30 Days<\/strong> and From First Draft to Finished Novel<\/strong> – both by Karen S. Wiesner<\/a>), but mostly I\u2019m using that for the daily schedule and the formatted story outline. I\u2019ll still be using Save The Cat Writes A Novel<\/strong> by Jessica Brody<\/a> for my story structure because yes, I\u2019m still very-much a plotter, especially when it comes to longer works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, things are very preliminary. I have some new ideas, plus my old story, which I\u2019ll combine into this new entity – which is a very fitting moniker for the type of story I\u2019m writing \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside that, when the ideas stop flowing, I\u2019ll be working on Issue 7 of Frightmarish Zine<\/a>, which means I\u2019ll be dusting off two stories I started working on earlier in the year, finishing and editing those. It all sounds so easy, doesn\u2019t it? But as we all know, writing is never a straight path. Despite all the twists and turns, I\u2019m making progress, even if it’s a little slower than I anticipated, and I\u2019m okay with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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