Is everyone as excited as I am about next month?!

I'm doing a fair bit of pen and paper plotting this year, and so far I've lots of different scenarios which hopefully will result in many words.  What do you use to plot your novel?  And do you find it helps, or do you get to November and just dismiss the preparation altogether?

Though November is a good seven weeks away, I already find myself struggling to formulate some kind of plot. Some basic idea to just take off and run with. But, as has always been the case with me, I lack the originality and creativity to come up with any semblance of plot, character, or setting ( Read more... )