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I always find discussions about whether to outline very interesting. I'm
incapable of it and I wish I could come up with outlines. After I've written the
first draft, then I can--sort of--come up with an outline, but I can't do it
beforehand. I admire people who can outline and I'm sure it would save me a lot
of time in research and do-overs if I could. Is there an Outline Begetting drug
I could take? Does anybody else on this list do things backwards (or as my
brother used to say back-asswards)the way I do? Or I am the only eccentric in
this bunch of bananas?

Ruth
www.ruthsims.com




Mon Jul 6, 2009 9:11 pm

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I always find discussions about whether to outline very interesting. I'm incapable of it and I wish I could come up with outlines. After I've written the first...
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Jul 6, 2009
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Ruth, there are as many ways to write a novel as there are novels. Probably more. We've all had the experience of sitting there amazed at what we have just...
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I wrote both of my published works from the "seat of my pants" as it were. Then a friend sent me Dramatica and I decided to outline. Since then I haven't...
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To Outline or Not to Outline. NOT, unless you're writing a cook book or a phone directory. Edward C. Patterson...
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