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Outlines?

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RokofAges75:
I didn't used to outline, but I do now.  I started when I was writing You'll Never Walk Alone because it's a mystery, and so I had to plant some "clues" early on and keep everything straight.  It was hard to do once I was close to the climax, so I started an outline to make sure I didn't leave anything out.

Broken was the next novel I started on my own, and since the outlining had worked out well for the end of YNWA, I just naturally started an outline from the beginning for that one.  I always have some kind of outline or document wiht my ideas typed up for my big stories now.  I don't necessarily write everything that's going to happen in every chapter, but I make a chronological list of the major events and add filler ideas between them when I think of them.

I also keep a timeline in my outline, so I always know approximately what date it is in the story.  That's actually been the biggest help for Broken and BMS, since, together, they take place over the course of 7 years... it would be hard to mix up the time without that timeline.

RokofAges75:

--- Quote from: Sakabelle on January 17, 2008, 04:21:45 PM ---I'm the same way, I don't even do an outline for essays and when they're required I'll usually write essay and then do the outline after.

--- End quote ---

LOL I always did that too.  I would do the essay first and base the outline on the essay in junior high and high school, when the outlines were required.  But in college, probably because I had gotten used to outlining my fanfics, I would do an outline first for big papers.  It did help me keep them focused and well-organized... and it was a good procrastinatio n technique too LOL.  If I was making an outline, then at least I was planning, which made me feel productive, and then I could delay actually writing the paper a little bit longer LOL.

nicksgal:
lol at procrastinatio n.

Oddly enough, over half my story ideas have come from dreams. I wake up, think it's awkward, then move on. But when the dream won't go away, I decide to sit down and write. So it's like I've already seen the movie, I'm just letting everyone else attempt seeing it.

I may write an outline for my next story because romance is so far from what I normally do. lol

RokofAges75:
I wish I could get story ideas from dreams.  I hardly ever have dreams that I remember anymore though.  I usually only remember my dreams if I get a good night's sleep... like more than six hours.  Which only happens on weekends.  So sometimes I dream on weekends, but never anything meaningful enough to get a story out of.  The only interesting dreams I have most of the time are nightmares.

nicksgal:
I think I just have an overactive imagination. lol

Aw. *squishy hug* Nightmares are no good. :(

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