Camp April: Week 2 Update

The second week of Camp April is almost over and I'm having a great time 🏕️

Had a difficult hike through the Muse Mountains so headed back to camp. I made sure to take a short stop at Lake Creative-Break and managed to avoid a writers block avalanche - very risky and not uncommon around those mountain ranges. 

Last week, I was able to complete all of my novel's external details before the end of my Sunday 7th April deadline 🥳 Now, I've been working on the story structure and narrative depth details. 

This includes:

• Story Types
• Action, Crime, Horror, Love, Worldview, Validation, Redemption - these are separate to standard genres and are the 7 most common categories stories can fall into
• Save the Cat! Story Genres
• Whydunit, Rites of Passage, Institutionalised, Superhero, Dude with a Problem, Fool Triumphant, Buddy Love, Out of the Bottle, Golden Fleece, Monster in the House - also separate to standard genres and are another categorisation for stories
• Key Moments template
• Subplot templates
  
• Scene plans
• Word Counts

I'm currently using the Save the Cat! (novel) beat sheet for my Key Moments template. If you're wondering, Bones & Dreams falls into the Worldview and Action Story Types as well as the Golden Fleece Story Genre.

I'm definitely learning a lot with my new process and can't wait to get editing again once I've completed all the steps I have planned first. I think this has been the missing jigsaw piece for me all along. Wish I had found this process sooner, but I'm glad I have it now at least 🙂

Since you are reading this on my blog, here is a sneak peek at my progress for this week: 

As you can see above, my deadline for getting the story structure and narrative depth completed is this Sunday, so I will be working on this goal as much as I can until then. Look out for my next post to see if I'm able to accomplish this!

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If you would like to follow my journey during April's challenge, I will be posting a new update here every week. Each post will have a summary of the progress I've made as well as details about the story I'll be working on. 

I will also be posting a shorter version of my updates on Instagram on the same day as the blog posts. Please feel free to check those out if you prefer quicker reading. 

Stayed tuned!