NaNoWriMo: Starting to plan

So, this year, I think I’m going to try and knock out a novella in a month as part of National Novel Writing Month. (The standard length really creates a novella, not a novel, but “National Novella Writing Month” wouldn’t put as many butts in the seats.) I don’t have any illusions that this will produce something publishers are going to be eager to snatch up, but I still would like to make this a good practice run for a “serious” novel attempt.

In that spirit, I’m going to do some advance planning for my piece, “The Unicorn Hunter,” periodically throughout the year. While I have the basic concept — the title almost tells it all — I’ll want a good outline ahead of time, an idea of who the characters are and some ideas of the setting.

Wendy Wheeler has a good basic outline on her site. I’ll rough something out over the next week and post it here.