- One-sentence summary of novel
- 'the character with the most to lose, and what they want to win'
- One-paragraph summary of novel
- One sentence each for setup, a few major plot points, resolution.
- One-sentence summary of each major character's personal storyline
- One-page summary for each major character
- Abstract motivation, concrete goals, conflicts/hurdles, revelations, changes
- One-paragraph summary of personal storyline for each major character
- Expand each sentence from step 2 into a paragraph
- One-page 'character synopsis' for each major character and half-page synopsis for each medium-sized character
- 'tell the story from each character's point of view'
- in doing so, describe the character
- Expand each paragraph from step 6 into a full page
- Expand character descriptions into biographies, detailing pretty much everything you know about them
- And here is where we reach for the lists in 'character prompts'
- Continue to focus on how the character changes over the novel
- Make a spreadsheet listing each individual scene
- Who it revolves around, what happens
- Write a description for each scene (a few paragraphs)
- Optionally, first go through and write a couple-sentence description of each scene, then make another pass and write a multi-paragraph description
- write hte book
oct 15 2014 ∞
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