Six Ways to Jump Start a Stalled Novel

My NaNoWriMo total is at around 9000 now. That’s a solid jump forward from yesterday. I’m still behind the medium pace, but at least I’m getting closer. I’m hoping for some more good progress tonight. For today’s quick tips I am going to give you:

Six Quick Ways to Jump Start a Stalled Novel

1. Introduce a new character
2. Solve a problem
3. Create a new problem
4. Jump forward or backward in the timeline
5. Let the larger world play a role (Natural disaster, political turmoil, conflict between strangers, etc.)
6. Have a character change their mind about something important

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• An Analysis of Indian Killer, To Kill a Mockingbird and Daisy Miller (0.500)

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