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12180003 No.12180003 [Reply] [Original]

How do you plan a novel? What is your process? What level of detail do you go into?

>> No.12180008

You can join me right now in the planning process I just woke up and am having a wank

>> No.12180863

>>12180008
How's it going now?

>> No.12180879

>>12180003
I don’t spend a lot of time planning to read a novel. I jump in and quickly move on to the next one.

>> No.12180986

>>12180879
Planning to write, not read. Pay attention.

>> No.12181439

>>12180986
Be more precise.
>How do you plan a novel
Gee, anon novelty is spontaneous, that's the point

>> No.12181703

:punch:

>> No.12181720

I go out and experience life, absorb it's horror and beauty, then read. I find a book that is similiar to my emotional state, then write a chapter to my current book.

>> No.12181741

I decided what type. Genre, literary, nonfiction. Then I looked at word counts as a guide. Mine was Societal Drama 80k to 100k words. Then I wrote it and it was shit. So I researched how to make it better. I read 'The Story Grid' by Shawn Coyne. /lit/ seems to hate genre fiction or frame, so they would hate this. Then I read 'Writing Better Lyrics' which helped out novel writing tremendously. Now my book is just mediocre shit, but readable. Finishing line editing soon.

>> No.12182394

>>12181439
I'm not the OP. I just found it obvious.

>> No.12182458

>>12180003
Greentext it or do a short story/summary style telling of it in a couple thousand words.

>> No.12182727

>>12180003
The snowflake method is a good way to plan a novel.