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Re: Outlines?

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I tend to write out characters, and if I world build or religion build then that gets all written down, but for the actual plot and story itself I usually have something very rough like, They meet->Time passes, at one point mentions yadayada, stuff like that. Very loose indeed. Some stories I have a fuller idea of than others so they might have slightly more of an outline, but rarely anything beyond that.
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I've written some stories where the characters have indeed "written their own world", but I've found outlining to be way more efficient. If I don't, I have a high probability of discarding it along the way.
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I have said time and time again that the use of outlines when writing cannot be over-emphasized. When you use outlines, they give you a specific direction for which your write-up must be headed which makes you work easier and faster.
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I must say I don't use outlines. When I write ideas just keep flowing nonstop. However I think outlines guide you.
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