A Plan of Action

This novel is going to be a challenge. It will be my first attempt at "non-genre" fiction, the bulk of which has been Sci-fi with a handful of crime pieces. It is also going to force me to write a lot more than I ever have. I am a pretty slow writer and usually only sit down when I am in the mood or feel that I have something to say. With this novel though I am going to have to average a little over 6 pages a day if I want to hit 50,000 words by the end of November.

I've also realized that I am going to have to approach this differently then my other fiction. In the past all that I've had is an idea of how I want to start and finish. After that my process is pretty much plot as you go. It is a good process for me and I think that it has worked. But considering how fast I am going to have to write, much more plotting is going to be necessary.

So basically what I have done is write down ideas for about a dozen key scenes that I want to occur during the course of the story. I am going to tackle those first and then fill in the blanks. From that point I should have a fairly good framework to work within. I'll be writing out of sequence though and that can be dangerous. But it's the only approach that I can think of that will actually give me a chance of hitting that 50,000 word goal.