When Your Plot Hits You

Hi reader! It's a couple months to NaNoWriMo 2016, but my prep work has begun. Usually I don't have a plot until right before I start writing. It's just how I roll. This year, though, I decided to take on a little experiment. Yes I'm going to write 50,000 words in 30 days and attempt to do so using this nifty little master plan over at the Better Novel Project.

Now when I decided take on this incredibly crazy and absolutely ridiculous awesome and thought-provoking experiment, I had no plot. I wasn't even sure what genre I was going to explore. The master plan is made for books in science fiction or fantasy, but I felt confident I could adapt it to almost any genre and story type. Still do feel confident I could do that.

But then a Twitter conversation turned an accidental dragon emoji into NaNoWriMo 2016's official mascot. Then I suddenly loved the idea of an adolescent girl with a pet dragon. That girl then became a princess who in turn became a warrior. This warrior princess has a quest with required challenges and...well you get the point.

So my main character became this living, breathing, very real person to me in a little less than 15 minutes and my Pinterest board is full of ideas and photos of swords and mythological creatures.

I guess I'm diving head first into fantasy. Fantasy that's not Harry Potter fan fiction.

We're not in Kansas anymore Toto.