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1. My mood and general level of enthusiasm, 2. Whether or not my current work is fictional of factional, and 3. How comfortable or invested I am in the timeline and flow of events. I think that outlining is a great writing tool, but not imperative to a degree that makes or breaks a writer's success. Everyone has their our style and process , figure out if outlining works for you and either ditch it or use it: but do both with secure enthusiasm.
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I think you can get a good book either way. Some people are more intuitive, others are more methodical. We've got to glean what we can from the other personality, but yet rely on our strengths.
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Thanks! I'll try that tonight:)ALRyder wrote:I try when I feel stuck sometimes. It only ever helps so much though. What helps me to keep the story moving the most is to make up the next chapter in my head as I'm going to sleep. Maybe you could consider that an internal outline?
-- 28 Jan 2014, 00:02 --
Thank you all so much! I feel so much better about my writing now!:)
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Although I believe in God, I am not at all offended by this quote. Nor would it offend Dorothy Sayers, a Christian and author of the Lord Peter mysteries. She wrote a book called The Mind of the Maker. I have not read it, but would love to get my hands on it, since I hear it is about how the creative process gives us insights into the nature of God.rines wrote:I told one of my friends this once-In your story, you are god. You control everything that happens within the story, to the character and even more-within the characters. I hope I haven't offended anyone by that statement but, it just really helps to see the world as your own when you can see yourself as its creator. Helps to make it real to you, and through you to other people.
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I've found (only 3 mss so far) that I need to start the story first. Once it's underway, then I reach a point at which I have to stop and at least jot down the crowding ideas for what will happen en route to the climax - clearing my mind that way helps with writing the rest and making sure that an idea or necessary plot point doesn't get lost in the shuffle. It tends to take the form of a list, rather than a traditional outline, but again what's important is what works for each writer.
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This turns out to be mid-point compared with most novelists. Some outline in great detail, some don't outline at all, but most create a modest outline, and this is where I fall.
Understand, I'm writing mystery novels, and with a mystery to be solved, I need to plot out clues and story elements in fairly precise detail. So I need a general outline for this, so I can keep the clues straight. If I were, for example, writing a mainstream novel about someone "finding himself" then I might not outline very much at all.
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