My NaNo Prep So Far...

It is officially the last month before NaNoWriMo.

*dies*

If that doesn't freak you out, I don't know what will. NaNo is amazing, but INSANE!!

I've basically procrastinated my prep for it all this time, after struggling through two failed book ideas, I finally found an idea I liked. And that would work.

I think.

But just because I have this idea doesn't mean I have a complete plot- there are so many more things I'm nowhere near figuring out! So that means---October is the prepping month.

I have to kick my non-motivated butt into action!!

This is my idea journal or whatever you wanna call it! This is basically all I've touched concerning prep. All of my ideas and brainstorming go in here!

I have a page that has the start of what I think my novel will be on it- but I need to fill up way more pages.

*sobs into the floor*

I have the best understanding of my main character...which...happened....because...

*nervous laughing*

Because innocently, Jaclynn and I decided- HEY! Let's write our characters together as a writing exercise to get to know them more!
So of course we did that.

She had a girl character (since then her NaNo novel has changed, but that was originally her character).

And I have a guy character.

Can you see where this is heading? XD

We started out writing really awkwardly because I had no inspiration, but soon enough we were writing like crazy...the writing exercise went over the span of a couple weeks...And...the inevitability of us TOTALLY SHIPPING OUR CHARACTERS TOGETHER HAPPENED.

I've drawn some fan art...

This was just the start of all the fan art to come afterward. I think in total I made...eight drawings of these two love birds...XD XD

(edited by Jaclynn)

But besides us making a huge ship for our two separate characters, I learned a lot about my character Zack! I think it'll be easier to hear his voice now when I write him in the first draft. If he would just shut up about how he's made for Evelyn, maybe I could focus. XD LOL!

(picture does not belong to me. I found it on Pinterest. XD)

This is a real life, not drawing of what I imagine Zack to look like! If he was one hundred percent accurate, he would look just a little different, but this is pretty good. ;)

This was a drawing I posted on Instagram of another one of my characters! She is the actual love interest of Zack's, even though once again- Zack is yelling about Evelyn. 

*sigh*
BE QUIET, ZACK, I KNOW.

Basically my NaNo prep has involved too much drawing and not enough deciding what my PLOT IS EVEN ABOUT.

(That's how you know I love drawing more than writing. XD)

So, tell me! How is your guys' prep going? Have you ever drawn your characters before? :) I love to do it, I feel like I get to personally figure out more about them from it. ;)

Thank you for reading my post! :D

-Emma-

P.S. Tell me if you want to learn more about Zevelyn...I have multiple screenshots of our texts and how their story all went down. Plus an abundance of drawings. XD

NaNoWriMo Prep! *screaming*

EVERYONE!
NANO IS COMING AND I'M SO EXCITED AND SCARED AND---
*hyperventilates and dies*

*comes back to life as a ghost to finish this post*

So, yeah. I'm so excited and nervous! It's gonna be a huge challenge to write 50k in only a month (plus it's one of the busiest months of the year for me. *more ghost screaming*), but I am so ready!
Actually, no, I'm not.

I have to get ready, which I am doing right now! (I also may or may not be trying to possibly finish my current WIP before NaNo... *hysterical laughing and crying*)

Here's my NaNo prep plan...

My cool set up.XD

(my amazing new writing journal. I just can't)
1. Write my plot completely down.

Now that I have the idea and have fleshed it out a bit, it's time to write down the plot. No outlining because that's terrible, I can tell.XD I want to get it all written down, before I move onto other steps, but I have been doing some jumping around with these steps, that's for sure.;P

 

2. Fill out some character development sheets and such.

Once I have the plot, I'm gonna get to know my characters some more, but unfortunately, I have already done lots of this, and my story is still not completely written down. Oh, I'm so bad!XD

 

3. Drink lots of liquids and snacks as I try to fill in all the plot holes I can see.

Lots of crying and screaming will be in this step... BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS IN MY STORY ALREADY THAT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO ANSWER.

*shudders*

*cries*

*hides*

*dies again*

LOL!XD

 

4. Write everything onto my plot boards.

I have only put the title (which I don't know if it's staying or not, who knows.;)) on the board so far, because I'm still not sure if everything I've written for my plot will work out yet. So, the plot board awaits!;)

 

5. DRAW ALL OF THE CHARACTERS!

LOL! This step, as you can see, has already started... This is the ruler of my city in the book. His name is Bannan, at least that's his name for now.;) I've also started a drawing of my two main characters, WHICH I HOPE IS GONNA TURN OUT SUPER COOL! LOL! I'll have to show y'all once I finish it...

 

And after all of these steps are done to completion, I will wait with bated breath as November approaches. I will wish that it would come sooner, but also wish it would stay away forever.XD Then it'll come, and I'll freak out.XD

-Emma-

So, tell me...are you doing NaNo this year? Do you have any plans for your story? Have you started plotting yet? :)