Prep for NaNoWriMo

• What does the character want?
• How is he doing to get it?
• What happens in the story?
• What are pivot points?
• What is the climax?

Why Crazy People Make Better Bloggers

From Susannah Breslin:

Crazy people are constantly in conflict: with themselves, with the world, with the voices in their heads. Want to know why no one reads your blog? You’re boring. You’re not in conflict, or you have no ability to articulate your conflict, or, more likely, you’re unwilling to share your conflict. That makes you boring and cowardly. A blog isn’t something you write when you feel like it. It’s the digital representation of who you really are. No one wants to read a blog by a boring coward. Because no one wants to be a boring coward.

Creating characters

From Randy Singer (and I think he said he got it from Don Maas):

Here's how to create tension in your character:

• Write down the last thing your hero would ever do.
• Now make him do it.