I was once avid on not outlining. I believed in plopping myself down and just letting the muses take my fingers where they would. Then, I decided I'll give this outlining a shot after reading 2k to 10k Words by Rachel Aaron.
I sat down and I began to outline. Immediately I began to see some of the flaws in the flow of a story I was about write. I found some things that I was stuck on. I found things that were boring and filler. I found issues that trapped me in the story. I found hour long pauses as I couldn't figure out what would happen or what is going to happen in the story. All of these things are where I usually open a new blank document and begin to write again. Or that I stop writing for the day and go to sleep on it. Instead, with no thoughts on prose or writing and just on development I was able to work my through all of those issues. Then I sat down and in eight days produced sixty four thousand words.
I know many of you out there don't outline a thing and that's fine as well, to each their own. But, I'd love to hear your thoughts on outlining. Yay or Nay!
Right now I'm stuck on an outline and I'm procrastinating until the muse comes and tells me what the heck is going to happen.
I sat down and I began to outline. Immediately I began to see some of the flaws in the flow of a story I was about write. I found some things that I was stuck on. I found things that were boring and filler. I found issues that trapped me in the story. I found hour long pauses as I couldn't figure out what would happen or what is going to happen in the story. All of these things are where I usually open a new blank document and begin to write again. Or that I stop writing for the day and go to sleep on it. Instead, with no thoughts on prose or writing and just on development I was able to work my through all of those issues. Then I sat down and in eight days produced sixty four thousand words.
I know many of you out there don't outline a thing and that's fine as well, to each their own. But, I'd love to hear your thoughts on outlining. Yay or Nay!
Right now I'm stuck on an outline and I'm procrastinating until the muse comes and tells me what the heck is going to happen.