{"id":1777,"date":"2019-11-05T03:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T08:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2019-11-05T03:49:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T08:49:32","slug":"nanowrimo-and-a-free-writing-tool-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethturnage.com\/?p=1777","title":{"rendered":"#NaNoWriMo and a #Free #Writing Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Beth Turnage Blog)<\/strong> So you are deep in NaNo and emotions run high. Perhaps you’ve finished a chapter or two, but then the dreaded crash. You know where you are heading but now you’ve become stuck in the mire.<\/p>\n

Because I write a lot of novels each year for my clients, I don’t have the time to wallow through the muck. One thing I found helps me move along is this tool.
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Chapter Planner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The questions this form helps you answer are:<\/p>\n

What happens in the chapter?
\nWho is your POV character?
\nWhat is your character’s:
\na.)motivation
\nb.)conflicts
\nc.)feelings on the matter<\/p>\n

But the real gold in this sheet is this:<\/p>\n

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This is the lower half of the sheet. I find it helpful to separate the chapter into three parts and use escalating emotions, and increasing jeopardy to jack the tension of the chapter. I choose three emotions, escalating in intensity for the chapter. For this, the book The Emotion Thesaurus<\/a> is very helpful. But if you want to use the online version, I suggest ponying up for a monthly subscription of One Stop for Writers<\/a> which was created by the authors of The Emotion Thesaurus as well as their other fine thesauri. Pro hint: It’s so much easier copying and pasting the information you want to use than typing it from the book. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’ll use most of the first third examining the character’s reactions and emotions about the action in the previous chapter. At the first one-third mark, I’ll change up the chapter with a twist and set up the action to come. The last one-third is about the action, and the result of the action, with a set-up for the chapter to come.<\/p>\n

So, if you ever cross a chapter you have trouble gestating, this sheet will help you to hash it out.<\/p>\n

Click here to connect with form for download link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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