October Novel Prep Challenge

Princessrishika,

This prep challenge is to help with writing your NaNo novel in November. Each calendar day, a different prep-work assignment is given. The one for the first is:

The premise   of your novel summarizes the following: Who is(are) your protagonist(s)? What will happen to him/her/it/them? Why? How will it turn out? What does that tell us? Is there a moral to the story?
Options:
 A “what if” question. Example: the movie Groundhog Day (1993): ‘What if you lived the same day over and over again?’
 A theme or moral and how your storyline addresses it. Example: In this epic tale of love conquering fear, Carly must overcome her fear of flying to traverse the globe and pull Tom, the love of her life, back from death’s door.


So for today you write your premise for your novel.

“Premise” comes from two Latin words, meaning to put before. The premise is the foundation of your story-that single core statement, says James N. Frey, “of what happens to the characters as a result of the actions of a story.”

For instance, the premise of The Three Little Pigs is “Foolishness leads to death, and wisdom leads to happiness.” (It”s not three little pigs get scared by a wolf and make bad building decisions.) Every story has one premise. Only one. This premise is the underlying idea of your story-the foundation that supports your entire plot.

If you have any more questions, we are more then willing to answer them. Mine is done and posted so if you need to look at it to better understand today's assignment.

Also look at the calendar for all of the different assignments to see how much prep work will be done by the time November 1st comes.

NaNoWriMo says that you can't start the novel until the 1st of Nov., but any prep work can be done before hand. Prep work helps a lot. They are outlines, character development, plot, ideas. Anything that helps keep you on track and knowing where you are heading with your novel.