Re: Outlining
I do index cards on the wall (well actually I do large post-it notes on a whiteboard, with notes scribbled all over in between). I like that better than a written outline because I don't tend to plot in order - I define a very loose spine and then zigzag back and forth filling it in with beats. It's easier for me to do that when it's laid out visually and I can just move stuff around.
It's pretty easy to distill that into an outline if I need to. When it's just me writing on my own I only do detailed outlines for individual sequences at a time, usually in cases where my notes wall only has a vague beat written on it.
I used to just vomit draft and then do a billion rewrites, but I got frustrated by all the wasted effort. I usually wound up turning one of the drafts into an outline somewhere along the line anyway.
I do index cards on the wall (well actually I do large post-it notes on a whiteboard, with notes scribbled all over in between). I like that better than a written outline because I don't tend to plot in order - I define a very loose spine and then zigzag back and forth filling it in with beats. It's easier for me to do that when it's laid out visually and I can just move stuff around.
It's pretty easy to distill that into an outline if I need to. When it's just me writing on my own I only do detailed outlines for individual sequences at a time, usually in cases where my notes wall only has a vague beat written on it.
I used to just vomit draft and then do a billion rewrites, but I got frustrated by all the wasted effort. I usually wound up turning one of the drafts into an outline somewhere along the line anyway.
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