how to write a book (outline) in 30 days

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This is a public service announcement that some of you may hopefully find useful :)

You know I never update my journal, but due to the fact that yours truly is stuck at a tiny railway station in the middle of... not much, save for some Greek temples she has already seen before missing her train and settling down for a 2+ hour wait, I figured I'd

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You are, of course, one of those two brilliant authors, Lizzy being the other, who do just the opposite with great success. But there are still interesting points about brainstorming and working out the background details etc.

For all my structured approach to writing, the idea of NaNoWriMo leaves me completely cold; I find it too formalistic to be of interest. But I suppose it is the only way the random and disorganised efforts of thousands of fic writers can be put on a more or less comparable standing and given something resembling a common goal...

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as I am nearing the end of the story

;'''(

I am a bit tempted by the idea/challenge of writing a 50,000 word novel in a monthI've now done it with Boxes (not complete, but I *have* written 60+ K in a month). It takes a case of getting completely obsessed with a plot, and, I readily admit, the absence of inviolable demands on my time from family members... and a major reduction of sleeping hours

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You know I never update my journal, but due to the fact that yours truly is stuck at a tiny railway station in the middle of... not much, save for some Greek temples she has already seen before missing her train and settling down for a 2+ hour wait,

...And this is precisely the reason why you NEED to update your journal sometimes - you can't put out this delicious snippet and just leave it there!

Where are you? What Greek temples? Sorry, I love history of all sorts and it sounds fascinating. Are you making a side-trip while on business? Are you on a vacation/holiday? Please I want to know about this trip!

Travelling is relevant to my interests. And yes, it is one of many things we share in common. :D

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Actually, I am very much in Italy still. I had a very packed travel schedule this past summer from late May through mid-September (mostly long-weekend holidays plus short business trips and three week-long getaways) - it was incredibly fun, but then I took it easy for a month and stayed in Rome (also had something to do with my brain being eaten... more on that in a bit); so far, most recent work has been Rome-based. This was the first day trip I took out of Rome since mid-September, to a place called Paestum, the most important ancient Greek colony in mainland Italy (most are in Sicily). It eventually swore allegiance to Rome, and a Roman town grew up around the Greek site. The most notable features there now are three Greek temples; I saw pictures of those ages ago and wanted to see them for years - and finally figured I'd take advantage of the great weather and do it. It is more or less a full-day trip from Rome because of the four-hour one-way train ride (in fact they are 1.5 hours south of Naples); if it were closer I would have