Day Six: Outline your next draft
January 24th 2010 12:26
Today you're going to make an outline not of your novel as it is but of your novel as you feel it should be. This means making up a list of scenes, in order from storyline first to last. Include the scenes/chapters that you want to add, and the ones that you want to delete. Cross out the ones that you want to delete so that you know that they exist and need to be removed. Put stars beside the ones you know need the most work.
Once you've made your outline answer the following questions:
~Will this draft show story and character development more clearly through the scenes that I want to add/remove or through other things that I plan on changing?
~Does this sequence of events make sense in context?
~Are there characters/relationships/conf licts that need even more attention than they're getting in this draft?
Once you've finished this exercise, you are done the workshop. You can either start editing, or participate in the characterization workshop next month and then in the editing workshop in March with me.
Once you've made your outline answer the following questions:
~Will this draft show story and character development more clearly through the scenes that I want to add/remove or through other things that I plan on changing?
~Does this sequence of events make sense in context?
~Are there characters/relationships/conf licts that need even more attention than they're getting in this draft?
Once you've finished this exercise, you are done the workshop. You can either start editing, or participate in the characterization workshop next month and then in the editing workshop in March with me.
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