Novel Writing Workbook NaNoWriMo 2012

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My method for NaNoWriMo 2012

NOVELWRITINGWORKBOOK



STATIONS OF THE CROSS

STORY STRUCTURING METHOD

MIDPOINTE

TUP

PLOT POINT

ONE

TURNING

POINT ONE

TURNING

POINT ONE

PLOT POINT

TWO



INTRODUCTION

The mind’s eye is the place where all the images for my story come from.

It is the place in my brain that makes my dreams come alive. Metaphorically, it’s like an

art gallery or a movie theater inside my brain. My mind’s eye creates an image, that isautomatically worth a thousand words. Images pop inside and out of our heads all thetime.

When I’m excited by an idea for a story, my brain spits out a series of images. This iswhere I get into trouble. With a rapid succession of images popping inside my head, theimages blur together. It’s like having ten transparent images overlaid on top of eachother. When I write down an idea from an image, I end up with one sentence frompicture A and another sentence from picture B, and so on. Everything comes outfragmented, broken, formless.

The great thing is that all those images that flashed through my mind are not lost. As Igo through the worksheets in this packet, I’ll recall those images and have an outlineready for NaNoWriMo.

For the visually oriented writer, a picture is worth a thousand words.

STEP 1: WRITE DOWN THE INITIAL IDEA



INITIAL STORY IDEA

WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST(S)?

OBSTACLE 1.0

IDEAS FOR YOUR STORY IMAGE STORY IMAGE

WHAT IS THE MAJOR DRAMATIC QUESTION OF THE STORY ?

WHAT IS YOUR STORY IDEA PITCH?

TENTATIVE TITLE OF WRITING PROJECT

WHO IS THE ANTAGONIST(S)?

WHAT MAKES YOUR STORY DIFFERENT?



THE 9 PLOT POINTS

ACT (25%)- THE SET UP

1. THE LEAD IN - Tension Before the Storm

THE LEAD IN is a sequence of events that demonstrates how the state of things in thestory are before everything goes to hell. The major function of this part is to introducesthe protagonist and his world.

2. INCITING INCIDENT - Lightening Strikes

THE INCITING INCIDENT is an event in the story that starts to unbalance the world of the protagonist. Something exciting has occurred. It is the pivotal event that sets all theother events in motion. If this event did not happen, the rest of the story could nothappen. Everything that happens in the lead in and the inciting incident is a set up for plot point one.

3. PLOT PONT 1 - The Point of No Return

PLOT POINT ONE is the point of no return for the protagonist. Before plot point one, the

protagonist can still walk away from what happened in the setup. Because of the eventin plot point one, the protagonist has to go for the story goal. The reader is locked in andwants to know how this story turns out. If not, then plot point one is not good enough.

ACT II (50%) -THE CONFLICT

4. MARKER 1 - Raise the Stakes

TURNING ONE is another interesting plot point, where what the reader expects tohappen has changed. Depending on your set up, the reader is expecting A to B to C. Tohappen. Instead, you throw E in there and the first major of obstacle of the hero’s

journey.



5. MIDPOINT - Everything Changes

MIDPOINT is the point where something goes right for the hero. There is somethingabout the protagonist and the antagonist. This part contains the second major of obstacle of the hero’s journey. In essence, the story plot is about change. This is the top

of the story arch. The reader is hooked and needs to know the rest. It while fuck withthem, if they don’t know what happened to the character in your story.

6. MARKER 2 - Raise The Stakes Even Higher

MARKER TWO is like marker two, where the reader expectations of the story arechanged. Marker one contains the third major of obstacle of the hero’s journey. This is amore dramatic and different type of change then what occurred in marker one.

7. PLOT POINT 2 - Farthest from Goal

PLOT POINT TWO is where the hero is put in a glass box and lowered into water. Thisthe lowest point of the protagonist, where there is no light at the end of the tunnel. At theend of this part, the hero can make it because they realized something aboutthemselves that they did not know before.

ACT III (25%)- THE END

8. CLIMAX - Face To Face

THE CLIMAX is the easiest part to construct. It is here where the protagonist andantagonist fight for the final story goal.In this part, we know what happens to theprotagonist. Is it a happy or sad ending. The overall major dramatic question of thestory is answered.

9. RESOLUTION - Dramatic Question Resolved

THE RESOLUTION is how did things turn out in the end. Did the guy get the girl?

STEP 2: Write down the 9 plot points of the story



2. INCITING INCIDENT

1. LEAD IN

3. PLOT POINT 1

4. TURNING POINT 1

5. MIDPOINT

7. PLOT POINT 2

6. TURNING POINT 2

8. CLIMAX

9. RESOLUTION

OBSTACLE 2.0

WHAT IS THE MAJOR STORY QUESTION THAT LEADS THE READER THROUGH THE STORY?



Stations of the Cross Story Structuring Method

STEP 3: Draw 1 image for every one of the nine plot point. Together, these

nine images tell the entire story.



OBSTACLE 3.1

LEAD IN IMAGEIDEAS FOR LEAD IN IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.2

INCITING INCIDENT IMAGEIDEAS FOR INCITING INCIDENT IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.3

PLOT POINT ONE IMAGEIDEAS FOR PLOT POINT ONE IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.4

TURNING POINT ONE IMAGEIDEAS FOR TURNING POINT ONE IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.5

MIDPOINT IMAGEIDEAS FOR MIDPOINT IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.6

TURNING POINT TWO IMAGEIDEAS FOR TURNING POINT TWO IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.7

PLOT POINT TWO IMAGEIDEAS FOR PLOT POINT TWO IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.8

CLIMAX IMAGEIDEAS FOR CLIMAX IMAGE



OBSTACLE 3.9

RESOLUTION IMAGEIDEAS FOR RESOLUTION IMAGE




STEP 4: Go back to each drawn plot point page and draw supporting

images where there are extra box. In total there should be 21 images thattell the entire story.




STEP 5: Write 4 story beats for each of the 21 images.



THE

LEAD IN

IMAGE

1

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INCITING

INCIDENT

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IMAGE

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INCIDENT

IMAGE

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POINT

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IMAGE

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IMAGE

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POINT

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IMAGE

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IMAGE

21

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CLIMAX

RESOLUTION




STEPS COMPLETED

You should have a complete outline of the novel, consisting of 84 story beats, branchingoff from 9 plot points.

OPTIONAL

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