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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Pre-Nano!

NaNoWriMo approaches! This is the year, I'm going to DO it! Here's a pre-nano challenge from tumblr user CassJayTuck:
"PRE-NANO CELEBRATION WEEK STARTS TODAY!

What is pre-nano you ask?

It’s this fun little day-by-day ditty we’re gonna do together to get us pumped for the big Nov 1st, when NaNoWriMo officially begins! The point of these particular tasks are to get you pumped for your project. Nothing technical, like outlining, just fun things that will inspire you and excite you for NaNo!

It’ll start tomorrow, at whatever time you please, and here are your instructions for each day:
Friday- What would the back of your book say if it were published? This can be anything. A synopsis, a “excerpt” you think might be in there, quotes from authors who loved your fantastic little book, etc.

Saturday- Create a playlist. Share a playlist of songs that inspire your story, or that your story inspires. Showcase one of the songs; the one that describes your story best.

Sunday- Make a book cover! Create a book cover for your story, just for the heck of it. Share it with us!
Monday- interview your main character. Choose 5-10 questions and answer them as the character!

Tuesday- A book is a movie in your mind, right? So show us the actors. Show us the actors who look most like your main characters! If you based them off of family, friends, or anyone else, you’re free to showcase them, too.

Wednesday- Interview your antagonist. 5-10 questions, just like before. If your main character IS your antagonist—yes, that’s a thing—then just pick another character.

Thursday- I kid you not, make a collage. Pictures, colors, the actors you chose earlier, song lyrics…do it. "

Friday: "Jaff begins the son of a General and cousin to his worst bully, the Crown Prince. As warfare and exile force him into the kind of confrontations he dreads, Jaff must discover and fulfill his purpose amidst his changing roles as slave in a foreign country, runaway and rebel leader, Seer to an unbelieving people, and key to an ancient prophecy he doesn’t understand."

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