“One Year Adventure Novel” or related? My eldest went through that, and then didn’t write the novel, because he found a gap in the story that — when fixed — created some gaps in the story that — when fixed — created lots of gaps in the story that — ... he decided not to fix on the argument that attempting to patch up Swiss cheese is a fool’s errand.
I gave him an “E” for effort, and insisted that he return to it and give it more “E.”
Yes, that’s it. I plan to have Elen write the novel even if it does end up with plot gaps, because she needs the practice in getting from outline to text, and this should be much more fun than outlining essays and rewriting them over and over ;-). I don’t think Anoreth ever finished the novel about the Swamp Critters Bluegrass Band that she was writing for “Write a Novel Month” one year.
I don’t know what Elen plans for her story to be about, because I haven’t looked at her Synopsis workbook page yet, but I think mine will be “middle-aged lady bank manager in the Wild West.” (I’ll have to sacrifice the “driving a truck” element, darn.) Maybe Anoreth will be in it, too.
We discussed, as part of our current lesson, how we can make changes during the outline phase, so as not to find that we’re six chapters into the novel and wishing it had gone totally differently.