Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
It's almost July, which means it's time to announce my Camp Nanowrimo project and game plan!
I'm going to be revising my Nanowrimo 2019 project - Powerless - and revising it, with a goal of revising 50,000 words of a 68,000-word first draft in a month. Honestly, I'd love to get through the entire draft, but I'm also starting a new job on July 1st so I want to be realistic about my Camp Nano goals.
How am I preparing? Over the next 1-2 weeks, I want to get the foundations of this book as solid as possible, looking at character motivations and relationships, antagonist-protagonist dynamics, putting my plot through Story Engineering and the Storyclock workbook, and even looking at how I approach scenes. If I get all of this one before July (and that is a big IF), I think I'll have set myself up to do a revision that massively improves the book, rather than making minor tweaks.
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QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMENTS:
What are you working on for Camp Nanowrimo? How will you prepare?
TIMESTAMPS:
0:14 - Camp Nano project announcement!
0:58 - My very limited experience with revisions
3:21 - Review theme, character, motivations and relationships
4:40 - Overhauling my plot with Story Engineering and the Storyclock workbook
8:45 - Reworking scenes with the Story Grid
LEARN MORE ABOUT POWERLESS:
Here's a playlist with everything I've done for Powerless so far - youtube.com/watch?v=TsPIBG3Kir4&list=PLlUUfy9MJDuQsEvHzAlew3hCzxRuMTeCb
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
Story Engineering video - youtube.com/watch?v=OZQs0XH9oc8&t=5s
Storyclock video - youtube.com/watch?v=-m1KN1ihgM4
Storyclock blog - plotdevices.co/blogs/blog
Storyclock blog, Back to the Future analysis - plotdevices.co/blogs/blog/back-to
Storyclock blog, Stranger Things pilot analysis - plotdevices.co/blogs/blog/research-clock-stranger-things-s1-e1
Story Grid video - youtube.com/watch?v=0LPyQqPO9bQ
Story Grid secrets of the action genre - storygrid.com/action-genre
@Nicole Wilbur reworking scenes with the Story Grid - youtube.com/watch?v=otz4T_jVTpw
FIND ME ONLINE:
Instagram: instagram.com/jp.writes
Website: jpwrites.co
Nanowrimo: nanowrimo.org/participants/jpwrites
#nanowrimo #campnanowrimo #writing
It's almost July, which means it's time to announce my Camp Nanowrimo project and game plan!
I'm going to be revising my Nanowrimo 2019 project - Powerless - and revising it, with a goal of revising 50,000 words of a 68,000-word first draft in a month. Honestly, I'd love to get through the entire draft, but I'm also starting a new job on July 1st so I want to be realistic about my Camp Nano goals.
How am I preparing? Over the next 1-2 weeks, I want to get the foundations of this book as solid as possible, looking at character motivations and relationships, antagonist-protagonist dynamics, putting my plot through Story Engineering and the Storyclock workbook, and even looking at how I approach scenes. If I get all of this one before July (and that is a big IF), I think I'll have set myself up to do a revision that massively improves the book, rather than making minor tweaks.
Liked this video? Subscribe at youtube.com/channel/UCcuMeK6Go50kkc1DtGW1qwQ?sub_confirmation=1
QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMENTS:
What are you working on for Camp Nanowrimo? How will you prepare?
TIMESTAMPS:
0:14 - Camp Nano project announcement!
0:58 - My very limited experience with revisions
3:21 - Review theme, character, motivations and relationships
4:40 - Overhauling my plot with Story Engineering and the Storyclock workbook
8:45 - Reworking scenes with the Story Grid
LEARN MORE ABOUT POWERLESS:
Here's a playlist with everything I've done for Powerless so far - youtube.com/watch?v=TsPIBG3Kir4&list=PLlUUfy9MJDuQsEvHzAlew3hCzxRuMTeCb
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
Story Engineering video - youtube.com/watch?v=OZQs0XH9oc8&t=5s
Storyclock video - youtube.com/watch?v=-m1KN1ihgM4
Storyclock blog - plotdevices.co/blogs/blog
Storyclock blog, Back to the Future analysis - plotdevices.co/blogs/blog/back-to
Storyclock blog, Stranger Things pilot analysis - plotdevices.co/blogs/blog/research-clock-stranger-things-s1-e1
Story Grid video - youtube.com/watch?v=0LPyQqPO9bQ
Story Grid secrets of the action genre - storygrid.com/action-genre
@Nicole Wilbur reworking scenes with the Story Grid - youtube.com/watch?v=otz4T_jVTpw
FIND ME ONLINE:
Instagram: instagram.com/jp.writes
Website: jpwrites.co
Nanowrimo: nanowrimo.org/participants/jpwrites
#nanowrimo #campnanowrimo #writing
