Camp Nano Prep

[singedsun]

As I mentioned recently, I'm finally in a place to pick back up my novel from November in order to continue where I'd left off and add some more words in April during Camp Nano. I ended November with ~52k and in April I'm hoping to add about 20k. I've been taking my novel and notes out of Google Docs and putting it into Scrivener in order to put together the outline and figure out what I'm missing.

I've done some organizing of the first five or so chapters and I've already identified a few scenes I need to add in. I've also capture a lot of notes about tone and setting that I can use in April to help get me started on filling in those scenes.

Some of the author Youtubers I watch have been doing extra livestreams right now, which have been helpful background noise while getting organized. I also follow one of them on Patreon and she's had some Patreon livestreams which helped me find a Camp group to join for April. I'm kind of new to doing Camp, even though I've done about 10 Nanowrimos. But in November working on this book in particular, I discovered how much I really enjoy having other writers writing nearby. And writing sprints with groups is incredibly helpful for me too.

Anyway, as part of this process of getting my notes extracted from my novel and organizing the chapters, I finally put together my playlist for this novel. I thought I'd share it in case anyone is interested.

As I've said before, it's a little depressing -- this whole book is a little depressing. But it's got a religious and supernatural bent to it, think The Exorcist. I also chose kind of low-key, low-energy songs for this, because that's kind of the vibe I got into when writing. I'd never heard Matt Maeson music before working on this novel, and found that Grave Digger was such a good theme song for this WHOLE book.

I am struggling slightly with Scrivener. I've used it before but never the way I am for this novel, so it's taking a bit of work, so I'm glad I've started early. If anyone else uses Scrivener for novel writing and has tips/tricks, I'm definitely open to learning more.

Comments

[senmut]

In my original writing, the 'each chapter gets its own folder' is so true. But I do use the templates... my world spans from ~1700 to past present day, so I find those character templates helpful.

Likewise, the research folder has a timeline doc and a spot I jot down the name/basic interaction of minor characters.

Good luck!

[nyctanthes]

One thing I just wondered is whether there's a way to use Scrivener to keep track of what is, for me, one of the most annoying aspects of writing: the who sat where when. Keeping track of bodies in space, whether it's snowy outside or sunny, all the little things that I put in and then...d'oh! She never put down that dish she was washing! In TV/movies it's continuity, and I suppose the same word can be used in writing.

I have so much more sympathy for showrunners now.

[senmut]

I empathize. We were just discussing in my Discord about having to sometimes physically choreograph things to be able to keep track of a fight, or other activity. The who is where and when gets even more fun...

[singedsun]

I would think the comment area would be a good place for these? Or a new tab in the project area? I've seen people use basic excel spreadsheets for that too. I wonder if in the script template there's something different that helps keep track of shot continuity like that.

[singedsun]

Do you have a timeline template that you use or have you just created your own?

I know there's a program called... Aeon Timeline I've seen people using for keeping track/plotting of timelines specifically.

[senmut]

We were using Preceden, but I've switched that kind of thing over to World Anvil. It makes it pretty easy to make events and tie them to a timeline that cross-references other articles like people and places.