Hey everyone Nancy here to just let you know I did win NaNo this year, hitting over 50k words, but came short of my 65k word goal. I got really close at only 64,103 words but realized I had lost my writing MoJo. DANG, IT !!! oh well. The last 3 chapters are really sparse, I haven't got the ending as mapped out as I would like, I also want to leave a few small details to continue on into the next book in series. When I got to a point when my characters had left the room, Not wanting to talk to me, I try to use the following to help bridge the gap. 1. Brain dumping  -writing down all the things I think I want to happen or don't want to happen. putting everything down in front of me on paper I can see if any stick out. Or are similar, that they can lead into more of the scenes. 2. FreeWriting  - I just write no matter how silly, disconnected or crazy it is, I can usually reread it later and see a theme, that can be used to expand upon. 3. Take a Break- usually, after NaNo w

This year for NaNoWriMo I plotted which is new for me. I also did Prep-tober as well. I made an outlining style I can really use effectively, taking several styles and merging them into one time-frame. Here what I did:  First ask all the questions such as : 1. Plot of story 2. Dramatic Question-What do the main characters want? 3. 1st barrier/ set-up -What's stopping them from getting what they want? 4. Conflict -  how can they solve this barrier? 5. 2nd dramatic question - What do they want to do about the situation? 6. BIG Barrier- what's stopping them from solving the situation? 7.  Epiphany- What do they discover that will change the outcome? 8. Showdown/ Conflict/ lowest point do they give up or keep going forward? 9. Climax- do they win or lose? 10. Resolution- what happens now? Then I add in the Act 1, Act 2, Act 3  dividing all the above questions into the parts of the story they belong in giving a rough timeline for the story. Once that is in place I write o