Leja

So planning would be general ideas, and plotting would be getting into the nit-picky details?

Can we clarify the difference between plotting an planning? At least in this context? I'm starting to get confused...

"Novel" (or even "story" when used in the same context) is a term that creeps up quite a bit 'round here. As it should :wink: But have you ever stopped ...

I see no reason why the process of plotting rather than the process of writing can't be the metaphorical excavation of the story. And then to continue the comparison, writing ...

:bounces off the walls: One week!! *pokes Suzanne* me thinks I need a ranting buddy!

This is a really great idea! :D A FOURTH-GENERATION DRIFTER NOW LIVING IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN A WONDERFUL PLACE [AND PLANNING TOO GRANDLY], WHO, AS AN AMERICAN STUDENT ...

I'm never going to remember who anyone is on the NaNo site XD

I almost always start with an image. Though it usually comes with a good line, which always helps. Then from there, I look closely at word choice, and go to ...

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Odd, odd plot. Odd, odd characters. I couldn't even finish it.

I do hate, however, poetry like "And my heart fell inside my body My voice is gone fro screaming; Life is too hard for me to live, Now where is ...

You definitely don't sound pretentious! For fantasy creatures Maeve, Luned, Mim, Hebb, Povita...names people can pronounce. I read aloud, and names that I can say easily are a sign to ...

I can't see mine either :( and I can't fix it? I'll scan one in another time.

This kid could become a great character in your story. Whether he's the main character or a side character. Think about these details: ~The way he dresses ~his hairstyle ~his ...

I am not an emo and have nothing against them but I don't like being labeled before my stuff's read I don't think that really happens; I think it's that ...

The above wasn't an actual poem, that was just writing to the rhyme to give an example. And yes, for the example, I did create the lines around the rhyme.