Yet one month before November is not a time for potential participants to slack or daydream about their intended story. Last year, being a very visual person, I created a separate file for each of my proposed characters, at the front of which I had their picture as I imagined them to be. This helped me become acquainted with them prior to the starting date.
I also calculated at which point in the story, each of my characters would be involved in important scenes. Having this structure is immensely helpful when you want the story you are creating to evolve speedily and successfully.
Also, you can avoid a huge amount of heartache in the future if you have previously studied structure and are able to map out how your story plot will evolve by first hooking, then ensuring your reader wants to stay with your book, and that entails copious amounts of conflict and drama.
Hill to Climb
Sure you will be setting yourself a difficult task, a huge hill to climb to be successful!
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The pride you will feel on reaching your targeted word count by end November, will make it so worthwhile, and most important your Book will be "within reach" despite the necessary attention it will require after the Competition.
