tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post7585067607919465599..comments2023-12-18T06:44:07.102-08:00Comments on Lisa D. Writes: The true evil of outlining...and OS teaser #12Lisa Desrochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15179219851085181641noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-63024786648657017802011-04-19T19:39:15.837-07:002011-04-19T19:39:15.837-07:00Very interesting post. I had a prof in grad school...Very interesting post. I had a prof in grad school who could immediately spot when I turned in a story I had "outlined" - one where I wrote *toward* an ending. It was creepy, and made me mistrust outlines. I like to write as if I am standing on a literary hilltop, and I can see where I stand, and the far-off hilltop where I will end, but the valley between is covered in mists... maybe a few treetops to mark the path, but otherwise, the journey is full of mystery.(I think Neil Gaiman said this, and better. :)<br /><br />Can I also say how much I am loving your teasers? Seriously, if I swear in my mother's Pyrex casserole dish to buy three copies of your book, will you take pity and send me a draft? Dying!! LOLNikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00763145465029499768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-10325131646544131692011-04-19T19:13:25.757-07:002011-04-19T19:13:25.757-07:00I usually don't start writing with an outline....I usually don't start writing with an outline. But I kinda end up with one that has a bunch of holes in it cuz while I'm writing I occationally get glimpses of things that happen later so it's kinda like putting together a puzzle. So I sometimes know the ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-68335660896130127182011-04-19T17:28:08.693-07:002011-04-19T17:28:08.693-07:00I definitely write like a reader. If I know the en...I definitely write like a reader. If I know the ending of the story, I tend to not finish writing the story. I get bored with it. It made things hard when I was typing everything up in the last book of my fantasy romance trilogy, so I know exactly what you're talking about with PD #3.Nicole Zoltackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464800543376449290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-90410364750941349092011-04-19T11:32:45.905-07:002011-04-19T11:32:45.905-07:00With my WIP, I knew where the story began and I kn...With my WIP, I knew where the story began and I know where it's going to end. It's getting from one spot to the other that's in limbo and appearing to me as I type. Really. And sometimes I'll put something in, just a kind of throw-away scene or conversation, and I'll find out later that it's a very important part of the story. Weird. It's almost like the story is writing itself and I'm just the person whose recording it. If I want the story to go in a certain direction and try to write it that way the story stumbles. Then another direction will appear almost out of thin air and, surprise!, it almost writes itself. Just saying. (I'm having a hard time getting myself out of the way, that's why it's taking so long to write. That and the fact that my writing computer is in the shop. Sigh.)Suzanne Luceronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-57242027174850290772011-04-19T09:45:45.823-07:002011-04-19T09:45:45.823-07:00When I'm writing, I only outline a few chapter...When I'm writing, I only outline a few chapters in advance at a time. I usually have a rough idea about where the story is leading but I've found that if I try to outline a whole project I always have to keep rewriting my outline. If the character decides to be ready for something before I was then he/she has the prerogative to change my mind for me.Aeriellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170094512964783591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-69892310275632146372011-04-19T09:33:15.370-07:002011-04-19T09:33:15.370-07:00When it comes to reading I don't like to know ...When it comes to reading I don't like to know how the novel ends, but as an aspiring author I like to have a general idea of how the story "should" end. When I start to write I tend to start with my ignition idea/s and just start to freewrite in the setting to see what I come up with afterwards. Then I'll start to disect the world and start to outline the world, characters, magic system (if there is onem) etc. Once I have that all done I will do a quick rough outline the overall story. I acknowledge where I want the story to go but I refuse to set that in stone, I prefer trying to let the story go where it needs hoping it comes close to where I had planned it to go.Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14380947548277983502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4463170686978757118.post-16058067810232064912011-04-19T09:21:39.365-07:002011-04-19T09:21:39.365-07:00YES! I love Luc! He's so naughty!! I ♥ bad boy...YES! I love Luc! He's so naughty!! I ♥ bad boysSheila Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332307831499326623noreply@blogger.com