: Re: I'm not a great pantser; what kind of preparation do I need for NaNoWriMo? I'm very appreciative of NaNoWriMo's "your first step is writing a crappy first draft" credo, and I like the motivation

@Frith254

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So you like NaNo's credo, you embrace the idea, that you are allowed to write a crappy first draft. But it looks like you haven't understood it.

I do not know you, but interpreting your question you sound like someone avoiding the real stuff (writing) by finding an excuse that sounds reasonable (prep work). In reality it's only the little sucker in your head fooling you the whole day long. He has only one aim: distracting you from writing. And he is pretty good at it.

Not liking pantsing is totally irrelevant, no-one cares if you're not interested in your first ideas (really, with 99% likelihood it's the little sucker who is not interested). Go, take the challenge and write.

You can prepare as much as you want till November, but I promise you that your first thought will be "I haven't prepared enough" when the bell rings. If it is your first novel, skip the prep-work, skip thinking about it, just write. Because you are allowed to write crap!

Prove yourself that you can write that novel. Then trash it and write the next one. Do your prep-work for the third.

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