Your NaNoWriMo Story Prep Checklist NaNoWriMo is AWESOME for motivating you to get your writing done. But it’s not so great for helping you to actually write a novel (or even a story that you can do something with after the fact). And the reason is because writing a cohesive story that hangs together requires you to think through a lot of stuff, prior to writing a single word of prose. This checklist will help make sure you cover all the most important pieces of your story plan, so you can go into NaNoWriMo ready to write. ◻ Your Concept and Premise ◻ Who’s your Protagonist ◻ What does he want in the story? ◻ What is his inner demon? ◻ Who’s your Antagonist? ◻ What does he want in the story? ◻ Why does he want it? ◻ How does what the Antagonist wants oppose what your Protagonist wants? ◻ Why does the Antagonist want to oppose your Protagonist? ◻ What’s at stake for your Protagonist once the Antagonist gets introduced? ◻ What POV are you writing this story in? ◻ What’s your theme/message? NaNoPlanMo JenniferBlanchard.net