Comments on: Fueling the Muse Part 2—How to Give Your NaNo Story a Beating Heart and a Skeleton https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: » The OutRamp Writer’s Wroundup Newsletter #1: October 13 – 19, 2013 - The OutRamp https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41639 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:55:50 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41639 […] Kristen Lamb with Fueling the Muse Part 2—How to Give Your NaNo Story a Beating Heart and a Skeleton […]

]]> By: Planning for Novelists Who Hate Outlines | Kit Dunsmore's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41638 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 17:13:38 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41638 […] mean you have to write an outline that’s 20 pages long. A short list of plot points or even a single log-line that tells the main thrust of the story can qualify as a […]

]]> By: A Hodgepodge of Useful Bits & Pieces – November 2013 | KD DID IT Takes on Books https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41637 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:02:06 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41637 […] this up with Lamb’s “How to Give Your NaNo Story a Beating Heart and a Skeleton” which uses a basic log-line to focus in on the core problem of your story—and […]

]]> By: justin74 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41636 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:00:21 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41636 In reply to Jason Gallagher.

That’s a great idea, I’ll try that.

]]> By: Cassie Diggs https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41635 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 03:06:19 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41635 Wow. I’ll try to use that while I’m doing my last-minute planning tomorrow!! Thanks for the advice on the blog!!

]]> By: Jason Gallagher https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41634 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 03:00:08 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41634 In reply to justin74.

I went to IMDB and found lots of bad loglines, on lots of good movies. The problem isn’t the movie, it’s badly written loglines. Kristen responded to my post and suggested that if you know the movie, then write your own logline.

]]> By: darsword https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41633 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:32:55 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41633 Reblogged this on Darswords and commented:
I love Kristen Lamb’s Blog!

]]> By: Cairenn Rhys https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41632 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 01:16:08 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41632 100% agreed on Melancholia. The camera shaking could bring on a migraine and the horrible character development had me turning it off after about an hour. I didn’t care that a planet was plummeting toward Earth at them. This was a great example of how NOT to write. And your article was very helpful and fun to read. Thanks for sharing. NaNo on everyone! 😀

]]> By: NaNoWriMo Prep | Lay The Course https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41631 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:28:57 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41631 […] just read Fueling the Muse Part 2—How to Give Your NaNo Story a Beating Heart and a Skeleton, which describes using the log lines from movies on IMDB to get a feel for a story's […]

]]> By: justin74 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/10/fueling-the-muse-part-2-how-to-give-your-nano-story-a-beating-heart-and-a-skeleton/#comment-41630 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:08:22 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=13475#comment-41630 Excellent article. I’m struggling with this though. I’m working on a story sort of like Secondhand Lions or Big Fish. Both of their log lines are pretty weak, and neither really has a goal. Now I’m a bit worried.

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