2024 NanoWrimo Story

Oct. 31: - Plot: Premise Revision

Oct. 31: - Plot: Premise Revision ▼
Now that you have spent a month planning your novel, revise your initial premise. Identify the following:
(1) Setting(s). Where does your story take place?
(2) Protagonist(s). Who is(are) your main character(s)?
(2b) Flaw(s). What is(are) the protagonist's major flaw(s)?
(2c) Goal(s). What does(d) the protagonist(s) want (or want to avoid)?
(3) Conflict(s). What's keeping them from their goal(s)?
(4) Antagonist(s). Who or what is creating the conflict(s)?
(5) Resolution. How does it all turn out in the end?
(6) Theme: What is the theme or moral of the story?
(7) Outline: Update your outline as needed


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(1) Setting(s). Where does your story take place?

The setting takes place in the fictional land of Novem.

(2) Protagonist(s). Who is(are) your main character(s)?

Jacob and Harold
(2b) Flaw(s). What is(are) the protagonist's major flaw(s)?
Homeless/poor
(2c) Goal(s). What does(d) the protagonist(s) want (or want to avoid)?
Harold wants to get Jacob to adulthood and to avoid being found out by the current King Jon. Jacob will need to grow up and take the kingdom from King Jon.

(3) Conflict(s). What's keeping them from their goal(s)?

King Jon wants to keep the thrown for himself and has oppressed and heavily taxed the people to enslave them. He is the enemy. The curse must be broken.

(4) Antagonist(s). Who or what is creating the conflict(s)?

King Jon

(5) Resolution. How does it all turn out in the end?

Jacob completes the quest to become King

(6) Theme: What is the theme or moral of the story?

Hardships build character.

(7) Outline: Update your outline as needed

I. Sudden Death
A. Father's death
B. Mother's death
C. Dramatic rescue
1. Harold rescues baby Jacob
2. Escape from the palace
 D. An Evil Takeover
II. Self-Discovery
A. An 18th birthday gift
B. Discovers true identity
III. The Quest
A. Beginning clue
1. Trip to the Library
a. Learning about the talisman
b. Where does the quest begin?
2. First clue Found (chain - found in a cave)
a. Getting past the giant
b. Finding and entering the cave
B. Next Clue found (front of locket- found burried by a stream)
1. Getting past the giant bear
2. looking for the clue
C. Clue 3 (back of locket- found at the base of a rock on top of a mountain)
1. Getting past the fiery dragon
2. journey to the top of the mountain
a. The rockslide
b. The rainstorm
c. The narrow ledge
D. Clue 4 (1st half picture - found on an island)
1. Ride on the ghost ship
a. Facing the ghosts
b. Riding out the storm
c. Making it to the island
2. The island
a. finding the clue
b. retrieving the clue
c. finding a way off the island
3. Riding the raft back to the mainland
E. Clue 5 (2nd half picture - found in an old mine shaft)
1. The 3-headed dog
2. The cave in
F. Clue 6 (3rd half picture - at the bottom of a lake)
1. The lake monster
2. Mending the sales
G. End of quest (4th half picture - hidden in an old book)
1. The 10 headed serpent
2. The hidden box (contains the hidden book which happens to contain his family history and Royal family information)
3. The book
H. Heading back home
1. Reversal of an evil curse
2. Family relic restored
IV. Reclaiming the thrown
A. An army is formed
B. The final battle
V. Jacob rules the kingdom