tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3238459330756845692.post6792129218154289231..comments2024-03-04T23:22:31.257-05:00Comments on 4 The Love of Writing: The Art of OutliningSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05122509824305088934noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3238459330756845692.post-64944523893533713612006-12-02T19:28:00.000-05:002006-12-02T19:28:00.000-05:00For me it depends largely upon the length of the p...For me it depends largely upon the length of the project. My first novel, a murder mystery (that never got much past first draft) was outlined. I wrote biographies of the characters, the geography of the area (up to creating maps of these ficticious locals, and even cartooned story boards.<br><br>Pieces running 25,000 to 30,000 words don't need that much, but there has to be a certain process of reducing idea to paper in a none prose form.<br><br>Short stories are different (as are shorter sections of longer works). I "see" the story as a movie. I live it as a memory. I try to see it as a first time reader would and wonder, what's next. Then I try to satisfy that wonder.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05158385206302559397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3238459330756845692.post-23053288095904918732007-01-06T21:23:00.000-05:002007-01-06T21:23:00.000-05:00Outlining is difficult, to be sure. I don't li...Outlining is difficult, to be sure. I don't like to outline beforehand, but I usually do afterwards. Some publishers ask for outlines with your submission, so after balking about it for awhile, I get down and dirty and eventually do one, but I don't like them.SPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05122509824305088934noreply@blogger.com