If you're contemplating NaNoWriMo this year, you may want to check out the blog SF Novelists, where James Alan Gardner has an occasional series underway called The Skill List Project.
See today's post on plot flow for helpful tips to keep your story moving.
It suggests, broadly, that every scene should either be a result of, or stand in contradiction to, a scene immediately previous. Either Scene A happens and causes Scene B, or Scene A happens and then Scene B threatens to throw a wrench in the gears of whatever A has suggested is going on.
There are obviously other things you can do for artistic effect, but that seems like a good, straightforward way to keep basic forward momentum going.
Good times!
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