Comments on: Planning for NaNoWriMo: Building a Plan – A Guest Blog from Karen Wiesner

By: karenwiesner

karenwiesner — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:07:28 +0000

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Jerry, FROM FIRST DRAFT TO FINISHED NOVEL goes into great detail about story sparks. See page 32. The paragraph that starts “How often should story sparks come?” That should help, but ultimately it is somethiing that you’ll have to figure out yourself since this is your work. Good luck. : )

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By: karenwiesner

karenwiesner — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:01:55 +0000

Exactly, Kelly. My point is always to produce quality, and I can’t do that if I’m burned out on working on one project for too long. This way, productivity and quality work hand-in-hand. : )

By: JerryR

JerryR — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:34:48 +0000

Hi Karen. As you know I have both books and thanks for writing them. I have a question about subplots. IOf course I know the plot and have 1 subplot, but I need another. I know the events that take place in 2nd subplot. My main concern is where does the 2nd subplot happen in an MS. My goal is to beteen 65k to 85k for my current WIP. Thanks in advance.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:24:22 +0000

Karen… this is awesome advice for anyone wanting to make this their business. Most Editors interested in you as an author will ask up front if you can produce 3-4 books a year. They are looking for someone worth investing their time in. Though I do have to caution Productivity shouldn’t outshine Quality. Your formula prevents this! Thanks!