If you only write fiction one month a year in November, this is the two hours of preparation you need to remember all the techniques and strategies for creating compelling plots and interesting characters, quickly.

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Whether you are a planner, an outliner, a plotter, a pantser, a percolator or a planster — start figuring out what you can be doing NOW to support yourself toward November writing success!

Plot outlines, beat sheets, chapter outlines, scene worksheets, and fiction writing basics can help you move toward November with a better understanding of your story and the possibilities you can discover within once you start writing.

Learn and share strategies for creating believable characters in your novel using character sheets to develop their thoughts, personal struggles, reactions, problematic relationships, unique goals and motivations. Know who they are, where they’ve been, what they’ve done and why they continue.

The biggest thing separating people from their artistic ambitions is not a lack of talent. It’s a lack of a deadline. Give someone an enormous task, a supportive community, and a friendly-yet-firm due date, and miracles will happen every time.” – from No Plot? No Problem! A low-stress, high-velocity guide to writing a novel in 30 days by Chris Baty, NaNoWriMo founder