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How I planned for NaNoWriMo in the past and how I am going to plan for TheWritingChallenge in the future.

This is how I plan.

Section 1 getting organised Exercise 1: Make a list of your responsibilities and how you’re going to fit your writing around them. I usually recommend that if you're in school or college/university you ask your teachers/lecturers if they can give you the month's homework a little early so that you can get on top of your assignments early but it's now the end of October so... it's a little late for that.Exercise 2: Create a schedule for the month.Exercise 3:  Make a list of meals to cook and freeze or shop for just before NaNowriMo   starts.  Being this organised makes things a whole lot easier, especially if you are loaded with responsibilities.   Exercise 4:  Make a month long menu planExercise 5: Make a list of snacks and drinks to shop for and prepare/make daily rations ofExercise 6: If you celebrate Thanksgiving and you are responsible for the meal on that day, plan ahead. Also, since there are only 25 shopping days until Christmas after NaNo ends, it might be wise to shop for gifts early. 

Section 2 before you start to write... Exercise 1 question:  are you writing fan fiction or an original story?Exercise 2 create your synopsisExercise 3 create a word count trackerExercise 4 create your contents page based on your chapter by chapter breakdownExercise 5  make a list of things you need to make decisions aboutExercise 6 brainstorm a list of 20 things that you need to find out about to help your story along.Exercise 7 create a list of prompt headings (these are essential for preventing writer's block!)Exercise 8 come up with a suitable title for your story 

Section 3 planning Exercise 1 set a timer for 20 minutes  and scribble down as many ideas as you can in the time you have allotted… Exercise 2 take the notes from the previous Section and divide them into 3 groups beginning middle ending Exercise 3 set a timer for about 10 minutes and write down as many questions as you can think of about the story…Exercise 4 write the list of themes in your story Exercise 5 write your fandom list and then check out who the copyright owners are and make a list of them.Exercise 6 how many chapters is it going to take to conclude the story properly?Exercise 7  does the story have a prologue and an epilogue? 

Section 4 what to do next Exercise 1: decide how you’re going to write, on paper with a pen or pencil, or on an electronic device.Exercise 2: prepare your materials.  Exercise 3: if you’re going to be writing in a public place*, such as a library or cafe, prepare your writing bag.

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I am officially not officially doing NaNo. I've come up with something better...

I decided to close my NaNoWriMo account after another load of controversy from that organisation.

I set up my own writing challenge.  It’s called The Writing Challenge (I posted about that a few weeks ago)

It’s a strictly OFFLINE version of the basic premise of NaNo (50k in 30 or 31 days).

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Pepper Potts: Backstory

I have been writing Marvel fan fiction since 2020 and trying to find a decent backstory for Pepper Potts. Either I'm not looking in the right place, or I'm dumber than I thought because I can find nothing. No birthday, no parents, no siblings, nothing. Does anyone have any information other than her given name is Virginia and she's allergic to strawberries? She's the main female protagonist, should I create a backstory for her or should I just 'do a Marvel' and gloss over it?

I'm starting to get mad, and if I get mad enough, I might do something really awful to her...