{"id":22238,"date":"2019-10-10T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=22238"},"modified":"2019-10-07T08:42:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T15:42:46","slug":"prepping-for-nanowrimo-clean-slates-and-updates-by-nevada-mcpherson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/10\/prepping-for-nanowrimo-clean-slates-and-updates-by-nevada-mcpherson\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepping for NaNoWriMo: Clean Slates and Updates by Nevada McPherson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prepping-for-NaNoWriMo-Clean-Slates-and-Updates-by-Nevada-McPherson.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22239 size-full\" title=\"Prepping for NaNoWriMo: Clean Slates and Updates by Nevada McPherson\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prepping-for-NaNoWriMo-Clean-Slates-and-Updates-by-Nevada-McPherson.png\" alt=\"Prepping for NaNoWriMo: Clean Slates and Updates by Nevada McPherson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prepping-for-NaNoWriMo-Clean-Slates-and-Updates-by-Nevada-McPherson.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Prepping-for-NaNoWriMo-Clean-Slates-and-Updates-by-Nevada-McPherson-160x160.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Nevada+McPherson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nevada McPherson<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cPrepping for NaNoWriMo: Clean Slates and Updates.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy fall!<\/strong> Although it doesn\u2019t feel very fall-like where I am in the U.S.\u2014the Deep South\u2014there\u2019s still that air of expectation and new beginnings that comes with the autumn season.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, I\u2019m updating a project that I wrote quite a while back and that I\u2019m most excited about it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>My screenplay<\/h2>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a screenplay that I\u2019ve been wracking my brain about to how to update.<\/strong> Recently I\u2018ve been inspired to expand it into a novel and eventually pitch it as a series.<\/p>\n<p>As for the novel, I\u2019m gearing up to participate in this year\u2019s NaNoWriMo and actually can\u2019t wait to get started.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking forward to exploring this story and these characters\u2019 lives, loves, and motivations further, as well as the places where they\u2019ve hit rock-bottom and have to find their way back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As much as I love the visual aspect of screenwriting<\/strong>, exploring the inner lives of these characters I feel I\u2019ve known for so long on a deeper level through prose is something I feel will vastly improve the original story overall.<\/p>\n<h2>For NaNoWriMo<\/h2>\n<p>Two things I will do differently for NaNoWriMo this time are to begin on time (instead of halfway through the month like last time). And I will plot out the novel during October so that I have a structural foundation to work with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As for the series idea<\/strong>, I\u2019m a TV junkie from way back, but I\u2019ve never really thought about writing for one-hour TV format as seriously as I am now.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, I\u2019ve been content to just enjoy my favorite shows as a welcome escape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are many old shows I love and never tire of and now that we\u2019re in a new \u201cgolden age\u201d of \u201cpeak TV<\/strong>,\u201d it\u2019s a TV viewer\u2019s paradise out there (or a web-streamers\u2019, or however one consumes smaller screen content).<\/p>\n<p>Being a faithful viewer has been enough for a long time but now I\u2019m ready to delve into the format of one-hour drama and to study on a deeper level the shows that I adore, past and present.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>An Eternal Student<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>I always feel like an eternal student when it comes to writing<\/strong>, and now more than ever that\u2019s true. I embrace it.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one surprising thing now injecting new life into this project that I\u2019ve been puzzling over for some time, is the introduction of a new character that came to me a couple of weeks ago &#8212; seemingly out of nowhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Because of the formatting for one-hour series TV that requires a \u201cteaser\u201d to open the script<\/strong>, I was forced to revisit the opening scene and it was there, in a landscape only alluded to in my earlier story that this new character appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he\u2019s taken over my imagination as I work out his relationships with the other characters and his place in the story. He\u2019s a complete mess in many ways, and sparks conflict left and right. What could be better than that to turbocharge this project?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The muse is at work, my friends\u2014Listen for its song!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF9730.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com\/ noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22107\" title=\"Nevada McPherson\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF9730-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Nevada McPherson\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF9730-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF9730-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF9730-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF9730-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Originally from Georgia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nevada McPherson<\/a> lived in uptown New Orleans for many years and now lives with her husband Bill and rescue Chihuahua, Mitzi in Milledgeville, GA where she is a professor of Humanities at Georgia Military College. Nevada received a BA in English\/ Creative Writing and an MFA in Screenwriting from Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge. She\u2019s written over a dozen feature-length screenplays, one short screenplay, a short play, short stories and two graphic novels, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1f5ZRpX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Uptowners <\/em><\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GHy33f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Piano Lessons<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sPW8ZN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Queensgate<\/em><\/a>, the sequel to <em>Uptowners<\/em>, is her third graphic novel. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.nevada-mcpherson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Get tips here to help you plan your novel: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p13IRf-42B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/wp.me\/p13IRf-42B<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update in preparation for Nanowrimo by screenplay writer and novelist, Nevada McPherson. Get inspired and motivated to plan your novel in advance of Nanowrimo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":22239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":0,"tcb_editor_enabled":0,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[452,2226],"class_list":["post-22238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-tips","tag-nanowrimo","tag-nevada-mcpherson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prepping for NaNoWriMo: Clean Slates and Updates by Nevada McPherson &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An update in preparation for Nanowrimo by screenplay writer and novelist, Nevada McPherson. 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