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NewMexicoKid: New page: == Pre-NaNo Workshop Oct 18 == * Date: October 18 (Saturday) * Time: 1-3 pm * Where: Panera Bread * Who is organizing: Katherine === 1:15 PM - Eat lunch/save space === corner to the lef...

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New page: == Pre-NaNo Workshop Oct 18 == * Date: October 18 (Saturday) * Time: 1-3 pm * Where: Panera Bread * Who is organizing: Katherine === 1:15 PM - Eat lunch/save space === corner to the lef...

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== Pre-NaNo Workshop Oct 18 ==

* Date: October 18 (Saturday)
* Time: 1-3 pm
* Where: Panera Bread
* Who is organizing: Katherine

=== 1:15 PM - Eat lunch/save space ===

corner to the left of the door

=== 2:00 PM - Event begins ===
* Hand out information
* Q & A
* Writing exercises (10 minutes)
** Timeline
** Locations (places people go)
** Settings
** Character motivation

Exercise: Imagine a photograph that represents the character's goal

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 For this workshop, we plan to have group activities with different options available (at different tables). People can move between tables or an entire table can shift from one option to another.&nbsp; Our tentative plan is:
-*Option 1: Website information--sign-up for Nano, examine website, Jabber chat example, web resources -- bring your laptop if you're interested in this option (although we'll have one or two available.)
+*Option 1: Website information--sign-up for Nano, <br>examine website, Jabber chat example, web resources -- <br>bring your laptop if you're interested in this option <br>(although we'll have one or two available.)
-*Option 2a: Plot development for those who don't have their plot started.
+*Option 2a: Plot development for those who don't <br>have their plot started. (Spend 20 minutes or so on the exercise<br>below.) Then summarize your plot in two lines &amp; pass around looking for <br>plot twists.
-*Option 2b: Plot development for those who have their plot started, but want to focus on what else can go wrong for their characters.
+*&nbsp;Exercise in Plot development<br> 1. Create a character.<br> 2. Give this character a problem to deal with.<br> 3. Imagine at least three different ways this particular character might possibly deal with this particular problem.<br> 4. Pick one (or more) of these options, and imagine at least three different ways it<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - wouldn't work, and<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; - would make the character's situation worse. <br> 5. Continue (with other characters as well.)
-*Option 3: Setting: Work on describing your opening location, or a key scene. Bring in more senses.
+*Option 2b: Plot development for those who have their <br>plot started, but want to focus on what else can go wrong <br>for their characters.<br> Exercise 1 - big scenes: Start listing out the ten major <br>scenes that will occur in your story. Share brief descriptions.<br> Exercise 2 - Spend 10 minutes imagining things that could go <br>more and more wrong in your novel.<br> Pick your favorite one, write it (along with a two<br>line plot summary) on an index card, and pass it around looking<br>for plot twists.<br> Exercise 3: A great source of difficulty for your characters <br>is when their personal drives are at odds with the central <br>problem in the story. A<br>man whose highest ambition in life is to live a quiet life and raise<br>a family is going to be torn if he is drafted into an army in the<br>middle of a civil war. Thing of how a char (even a new char) could<br>be at odds with the central problem of your story.
-*Option 4: Chars: Place in a situation-what would X do? Examples could include a) someone gave them a kitten to take care of for a week. b) they had $50 to buy groceries as part of a group (each member had $50 each--all contributing) c) list their biggest fears d) What is your char most proud of?
+*Option 3: Setting: Work on describing your opening <br>location, or a key scene. Bring in more senses.<br> Exercise 1 - Describe a place or a person by mixing two or more<br>smells, or sounds, or other senses. (Like a person who smells<br>of motor oil and Dial soap.)<br> Exercise 2 - Describe an object, place, person or idea by <br>using one sense to suggest another. What color in the silence<br>in your bedroom? What is the shape of your grandmother's laughter?<br> Exercise 3 - Using an omniscient point of view, describe something<br>that no char in your story could possibly know. (Like describe what<br>the rock feels likes it breaks the window in your hero's home.)<br> Exercise 4 - Write a two line description on an index card.<br>Pass it around, with the first person adding in smell, the second<br>sound, the third touch, the fourth taste, (if more people--start with<br>smell again.)
-*Option 5: 10 big scenes: Start listing out the ten major scenes that will occur in your story.
+*Option 4a: Chars-- Discuss different long character fill-in<br>sheets--how much do<br>people like doing those? Maybe take one, and have people fill it in as<br>someone reads each item. (Can stop after 10 minutes or so.)
-*Hand out information, hipsters, bottles.
+*Option 4b: Chars -- Describe your chars physically, Write lines where<br>they SHOW some aspect, rather than just telling about it. (Show a broken<br>arm, or arthritis, or a limp.) Maybe pass these around and have people<br>add items to them.
-*Q &amp; A
+*Option 4c: Chars -- Write what your char's main goal is--then<br>pass around an index card and have other people write things that can stop<br>the character from achieving his/her goal.

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-== Pre-NaNo Workshop Oct 18 ==
+== Pre-NaNo Workshop Oct 18  ==
-* Date: October 18 (Saturday)
+*Date: October 18 (Saturday)
-* Time: 1-3 pm
+*Time: 2-4 pm
-* Where: Panera Bread
+*Where: Panera Bread
-* Who is organizing: Katherine
+*Who is organizing: Katherine
-=== 1:15 PM - Eat lunch/save space ===
+=== 1:15 PM - Eat lunch/save space  ===
 corner to the left of the door
 === 2:00 PM - Event begins  ===
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 *Option 3: Setting: Work on describing your opening location, or a key scene. Bring in more senses.
 *Option 4: Chars: Place in a situation-what would X do? Examples could include a) someone gave them a kitten to take care of for a week. b) they had $50 to buy groceries as part of a group (each member had $50 each--all contributing) c) list their biggest fears d) What is your char most proud of?
 *Option 5: 10 big scenes: Start listing out the ten major scenes that will occur in your story.
 *Hand out information, hipsters, bottles.
 *Q &amp; A

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 *Option 3: Setting: Work on describing your opening location, or a key scene. Bring in more senses.
 *Option 4: Chars: Place in a situation-what would X do? Examples could include a) someone gave them a kitten to take care of for a week. b) they had $50 to buy groceries as part of a group (each member had $50 each--all contributing) c) list their biggest fears d) What is your char most proud of?
 *Hand out information, hipsters, bottles.
 *Q &amp; A

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−	=== 2:00 PM - Event begins ===	+	=== 2:00 PM - Event begins ===
−	* Hand out information
−	* Q & A
−	* Writing exercises (10 minutes)
−	** Timeline
−	** Locations (places people go)
−	** Settings
−	** Character motivation

−	~~Exercise~~: ~~Imagine~~ a ~~photograph that represents the character's goal~~	+	For this workshop, we plan to have group activities with different options available (at different tables). People can move between tables or an entire table can shift from one option to another.  Our tentative plan is:
		+
		+	*Option 1: Website information--sign-up for Nano, examine website, Jabber chat example, web resources -- bring your laptop if you're interested in this option (although we'll have one or two available.)
		+	*Option 2a: Plot development for those who don't have their plot started.
		+	*Option 2b: Plot development for those who have their plot started, but want to focus on what else can go wrong for their characters.
		+	*Option 3: Setting: Work on describing your opening location, or a key scene. Bring in more senses.
		+	*Option 4: Chars: Place in a situation-what would X do? Examples could include a) someone gave them a kitten to take care of for a week. b) they had $50 to buy groceries as part of a group (each member had $50 each--all contributing) c) list their biggest fears d) What is your char most proud of?
		+	*Hand out information, hipsters, bottles.
		+	*Q & A