How Not to Write a Novel - Chapter 7: Planning?
Channel: Angel Wedge
Date: 2020-04-07

Caution: This video contains SPOILERS, and may also contain nuts.

I've reached the point, usually a couple of days into writing, where the initial elements I threw into a novel stew have started bubbling around and connecting in unexpected ways. Now I'm spending a great deal of time thinking about what is going to happen, or what might happen later on; and I'm slowing myself down by setting up a little foreshadowing.

So the big question this week is if I should talk about what I'm planning, so you can see the story evolve, or just talk about what I'm writing so you can see the story grow as a reader would be introduced to it.

I'm currently trying to write a novel in a month, but also making videos to document my progress; talking about what's good in my work and what isn't (based on my initial impressions), why I've chosen to write things in a particular way, and how much planning I've been doing along the way.

If you want to see the chapter I was reading from (hopefully now longer than that short excerpt), you can find it at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s9dZBUmTFlXREm43Ih-TkqXCqobHxCZyf968G3_GvFY/edit (work in progress)

If you want to see the novels I've already written, look at https://author.to/angelwedge - this month I'll be donating all Kindle Unlimited earnings to Cavell Nurses' Trust (sign up for a free trial and read my books, and money goes to charity), and for non-subscribers there should be at least one book free until the end of the month. (Nine Lights will be free until Friday, and Sandpaper Kiss starts Thursday)

With thanks to @SoundEffectsFactory for the fanfare at the beginning, Chequered Ink for creating the Scrambled Tofu font, which I use for the chapter title, and Adobe Stock for providing various graphical bits and pieces.