The Road to NaNoWriMo: What the Hell Am I Going to Write About?

So you signed up for NaNoWriMo (or you’re thinking about it). Now you have to figure out what you’re actually going to write about.

If you already have your story ready to go, great! But if you’re not quite there yet, I’m going to offer you a few tips for coming up with ideas and testing them for use in a novel.

The Three Questions

By the time November 1st rolls around there are only three questions you need to be able to answer, and they’re all pretty simple.

Who is your main character?
What do t...