Like this picture, writing isn't always brown and white. Just because your eyes look, doesn't mean that you see everything present. I see four horses and a colt... what do you see?
Writing is a creative act and for me doing an outline is not something I can do and keep the creative juices flowing. If I outline, it's like the story is in stone and I have to write it that way. I have to play with ideas and write them, rewrite them and sometimes chunk them. I've read all the articles about how it will keep you focused but I can't to it. Now, I do clustering where I take a scene and branch off different ideas. That might be redneck outlining and if that is so... I guess I outline. :)
What are your thoughts on outlines?
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2 comments:
I felt the same way as you about outlines. More fun to play. BUT, I just had a writer/editor say outlining took six months off her process. Six months! She used the beautiful image of an outline as a map where you've got one destination but many possible routes. That feels more fun than "this way only" type of outline.
I absolutely HATE outlines. When I write, I like to not know where the story is going. Just like a new reader, I dont know what is going to happen in my stories until it happens. I am just the vessel to get the story down, my imagination is the brains behind the story. I write down what my head comes up with, when it creates the story.
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