Calendars

I like to use a calendar to revise novels. G&G is historical fiction, and the climax had to occur on a specific date in history. I blocked out a calendar on paper and planned backwards from that date. The protagonist had basketball games, practices, school, chores and church, so I had to schedule my novel around his busy life.

Calendars are also useful for novels that use the ticking clock to increase tension. If the protagonist has to accomplish something by a specific day, advances and setbacks can be charted on a calendar.

Yesterday, I plotted TAoCBS on a calendar and found a huge hole in the middle. Hmmm, that might be the best place to start revising.