Day 17: NaNoWriMo

Good morning,

I'm sorry I can't be with you today.  You need to work on your novel, but before you do will you please answer a few quick questions for me.   After that work on your novel. You can email me if you need to, but it might take me a while to get back to you.

Day 16: NaNoWriMo

Whoo Hoo!
We are halfway through November are you half way through your novel?  Since I'm out of town for the next two days we have one more crucial lesson to get to today. We are going to go deeper into your novel.

Choose a 500 word section that you can share with your writing partner. Highlight it in your novel. I'll explain how we are going to use that in a moment.

DO NOW:

Go to your Writers Notebook. Yes, your writer's notebook in docs. Add an entry for today.  That entry should be the beginning of a novel that starts in this room. You are the protagonist of this novel that starts in this room. You must include details about the room that relate to the sights, sounds, smells and feel of this room. Taste might even be a factor too, (but please don't lick your desk or any classmates.)

As of today you should be hitting 40%, yes 40%.  If you are having trouble hitting your word count adding more details to your novel can help. Describe your settings in detail and watch your word count soar.

Read more about adding details.

Day 10: NaNoWriMo

Good morning,
   You should be very close to or just past 20%. If you haven't hit 20% yet you need to plan on doing a lot of writing in the next three days.  You won't have school so that should give you lots of time.
    For a few of you we need to consider revising your word count.

Principal Skinner

    In addition to writing I want you to give some thought to sub plots. The best place to see these quickly is in a 30 minute cartoon like The Simpsons, Phineas and Ferb or The Brady Bunch.  All of those shows usually have a main plot and also sub plots.  Read the Subplotting sheet from NaNoWriMo and add a sub plot to your novel.

Day 8: NaNoWriMo

Good morning,  You should be hitting 20% today. You should be into at least the inciting incident or the rising action of your novel.