Outlining Your Plot

Hey Guys,

Remember when we discussed good/bad novels? Everyone agreed that a good novel usually has an exciting plot (or story).  Today we are going to talk about how to outline the plots of your novels.

• We will start by reading a section of the NaNoWriMo Student Workbook entitled, "Outlining Your Plot." 
• Click on the link above, and save the document onto your desktop or into your "My Documents" folder. 
• Once it is saved, you should be able to type directly into the document. DO NOT upload the document into Google Drive yet.  We will be using this workbook for a number of assignments.
• Please read pages 19 - 23 in your NaNoWriMo Workbook.Stop when you finish the section on Rising Action
• Before you start outlining the plot of your novel - we are going to practice by outlining the plots to your class novels. Please wait for instructions from Ms. Davenport.

HOMEWORK - Begin mapping the plot of your own novel, focusing for now on the set-up, inciting incident and rising action. Complete these sections of the plot map on pg. 28 of your Student Workbook.