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    The Quickster's Guide to Novel Plotting
    The Quickster's Guide to Novel Plotting
    The Quickster's Guide to Novel Plotting
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    The Quickster's Guide to Novel Plotting

    By Sara Harricharan

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    Tips and tricks from someone who's been there, if you're trying to figure out how to start plotting your novel, this guide provides a quick character bio, suggestions for plotlining and other Gridwork methods. It is designed to help you jumpstart the planing and outlining process for your literary masterpiece. Aimed to be a quick guide for first-time novelists. Perfect for first time participants in National Novel Writing Month.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSara Harricharan
    Release dateOct 14, 2011
    ISBN9781466086517
    The Quickster's Guide to Novel Plotting
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    Sara Harricharan

    Sara is a Christian author writing both inspirational Christian Fiction and Christian Fantasy. She is a graduate of the Christian Writer's Guild and recently graduated from state university with a B.A in English. She has written over two-hundred short stories and is published in anthologies, inspirational newsletters and e-zines.

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      The Quickster's Guide to Novel Plotting - Sara Harricharan

      The Quickster’s Guide to Novel Plotting

      Tips and Tricks for Novel Plotting

      by

      Sara Harricharan

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      Tips and Tricks for Novel Plotting

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      Disclaimer: This is a collection of practical tips and suggestions learned from trial and error, research and writing until the words write themselves.

      Acknowledgements: Special thanks to my family who continues to encourage me and my ‘jewelly sisters’ who help me sparkle.

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      . Hi! Welcome to the Quickster’s Guide to Novel plotting! The basis of this guide operates on the premise that you are attempting to write a novel in 30 days or more. It is meant to be quick, light and informative.

      For those of you participating in the novel writing phenomenon known as—NaNoWriMo—which stands for National Novel Writing Month, this should help you get a good headstart. If you don’t know about Nano, I’d suggest visiting their website and checking it out. It is worth trying at least once and I’m not going to get stuck on the little details of this writing adventure. If you are a Nano participant, I’ll assume that you know enough about it that you’re reading this in hopes of getting a jump on your fellow Wrimos. (Or that you’d just like to know what on earth to do to go about jumpstarting your novel-writing career!)

      I can’t promise you that you’ll be an instant plotting genius—because you’ll only get out of this guide exactly what you put into it. It is meant to be a quick guide for writing a novel-length project in any given timeframe. I’m sticking with thirty-days, because months are easy to keep track of. I also participate in Nano and I developed this system after a few years of crazy writing. You can use it for Nano, you can use it for writing a novel in a month, a year or whenever for anything that you like. If you want to try writing a longer piece, but haven’t got the slightest clue where to start, this is for you. Follow the suggestions in here and the results may surprise you. If you don’t, well, that’s entirely your choice.

      I want this guide to be sweet and short. I want you to be able to skim-through the pages, jot down notes, jumpstart your novel—and finish it!

      There will be notes on character development, a few tricks I use for

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