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Six Ways to Jump Start a Stalled Novel

Published on November 7, 2007, by in Writing.

My NaNoWriMo total is at around 9000 now. That’s a solid jump forward from yesterday. I’m still behind the medium pace, but at least I’m getting closer. I’m hoping for some more good progress tonight. For today’s quick tips I am going to give you:

Six Quick Ways to Jump Start a Stalled Novel

  1. Introduce a new character
  2. Solve a problem
  3. Create a new problem
  4. Jump forward or backward in the timeline
  5. Let the larger world play a role (Natural disaster, political turmoil, conflict between strangers, etc.)
  6. Have a character change their mind about something important
 

One Response

  1. Rianon

    I see these “Quick ways to jump start a stalled novel” concepts in many novels I read.

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