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So...what's everyone doing with their novels? :D
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
May I asked you something about yourself?
I know many people have asked this...but I want to know who outlines their novels and who doesn't? I used to not do this...but I rewriting my book and I am using an outline. I actually find it fun and I have a whole wall dedicated to it. hehe.
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It's actually bigger now, but I'll give you a bigger picture when I move.
So...what's everyone doing with their novels? :D
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So...what's everyone doing with their novels? :D
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I use notes, nothing so organized as an outline. My projects with my co-author Walter Jury are written according to a super-detailed synopsis, and I definitely write more quickly that way. I know some very talented pantsters (Brigid Kemmerer comes to mind), so it clearly just depends on how the writer's mind works!
ReplyDeleteI'm not an outliner. I've tried, but deviate too much.
ReplyDeleteThe stories form in my head long before I start writing them. Although I don't make a physical outline, it's worked out before I sit down to write. And usually tested on my children during car rides.
ReplyDeleteI have a notebook for each novel I am working on. It is full of ideas, research, and a sort of story synopsis that I guess would be an outline. Though sometimes when I write, the story will develop in different directions and that's all right. I'm the boss...I do what I want!
ReplyDeleteI do a basic outline then I write. I usually have to re-write which requires a deeper outline. I don't know why but I can't go deep on my outlining in the beginning. It takes the fun out of writing :)
ReplyDeleteI used to have most of the book outlined before I started, I'd do a bullet point list about the order of the plot points, not my last few novels have been written without a real outline, I'd write notes about the plot and characters, then I'd plunge right in and just jot notes down as they came to me. I tell myself I went from a plotter to a pantster!
ReplyDeleteI've never been an outliner, but I want to try to be for my next project. I have a great idea for a premise, (I think) but it's very different from other things I've done so I really want to come up with an outline. We'll see how it goes. . .
ReplyDeleteI usually keep stuff memorized and outlined in my head, sometimes for many, many years. For my Russian novel sequel, I went off the notes/outline I made a decade ago, and when I get to the third book and the prequel eventually, I'll use the notes/outlines I made in that same notebook, coupled with storylines in my head.
ReplyDeleteI outline as much as possible, with a focus on changes and surprises so I have something interesting in each scene, but then I allow myself to deviate within that if I come up with something good as I write.
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So, yeah, I outline. But then about half way through I usually give my outline the finger and tell it it's repressing me. Then I go out on a limb.
ReplyDeleteI always have the same ending (in fact, I usually know what the ending is), but the middle gets more... interesting. So yeah, I outline, but then I don't let that stop me from doing whatever I want...
My outlining consists of a sentence or two for each chapter. It's the norm for the beginning and end chapters (usually around three-five for each side).
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, the middle chapters are often left blank at the beginning and are filled in as I get closer to writing them.
I start with an outline. By bullet point two I'm already off it. :) haha
ReplyDeleteMy novel's being written.
ReplyDeleteAs you well know, I'm an outliner. I have so many plots going on at once that if I didn't at least write down some points and storylines, my book would never come together. BUT I will say that there's a huge range of how detailed those outlines get. Some are super detailed, while others are more of a "here's where this person starts, and here's where they need to end up" kind of situation.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the outline! I'm not a big outliner/plotter. I tend to write on impulse, then I jot down notes along the way to get a sense of where I want the story to go.
ReplyDeleteI don't outline a lot on paper (mostly character and world-building stuff, but not plot direction), but I DO outline a lot in my head before I begin writing.
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