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Originally Posted by Graham
If you can find time to put an outline together, that really helps with NaNo. It gives you a scaffold so that when you sit down to write you're not wasting time searching for what comes next, which is vital if you're also trying to fit in a full-time job.
If you've not done it before it would also be worth a few practise sessions over this weekend. 1,667 words a day is harder from a standing start and it's disheartening to be behind the goal from the outset.
The two previous occasions that I've done NaNoWriMo I've been between contracts, like I am now, with a lot of spare time.
I am in awe of people who manage this while also working full-time, but many thousands of people do achieve it. Respect!
Graham
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One of the simplest outlines I've ever heard of is a 4 step process.
1) Write a premise. "I want to write a novel about...."
2) Write an opening paragraph
3) Write a closing paragraph
4) List down chapters say 1-25 and then write a sentence or two next to each number about what happens in that chapter to get the story from the opening to the closing paragraph.