Last month, many budding authors worldwide attempted NaNoWriMo in which you must attempt to produce fifty thousand words of a new novel. I did not. However, should I ever be inclined to tackle this challenge, I think you'll agree I've a pretty solid pitch...
CHAPTER ONE
Something exciting happens so you keep reading. Seriously, the book won't get good again until Chapter Five when we flashback to the same event but somehow it is just as tense. Anyway, given that this is a prologue in all but name we don't meet our main character yet.
CHAPTER TWO
We meet our main character.
CHAPTER THREE
Our main character gets closer to actually hearing about what happened in Chapter One but doesn't quite yet because we've got to introduce the other quirky people in his world first so you know he has a life outside of his job or whatever it is he pursues in this book.
CHAPTER FOUR
He learns about the thing from a newspaper or a colleague or whatever. He goes to interview a witness who, well, witnessed it.
CHAPTER FIVE
THE FLASHBACK HAPPENS. MY GOD, IT'S TENSE.
CHAPTER SIX
Main character investigates the cause behind the thing. This again is nowhere as interesting as the beginning of the story. He will basically do this until Chapter Ten.
CHAPTER TEN
The main character finds and fights the baddie because there must be a villain or else it's not a proper novel. The main character inevitably wins.
OR DOES HE?
Yes, yes he does.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
There's a bit of talking. If this was on TV, people would have switched over by now.
My next book will be out in six months.
You should buy it so I don't have to get a proper job.
THE END.
Thoughts?
