Talk to me, people.

[only_more_love]

For those writers who outline or do intensive pre-planning, will you tell me what your process is like?  

ETA:  If you're willing to share a sample outline, I'd love to see it. 

Answer anonymously if you want.  Answer even if we're not "friends."  Answer even if you just stumbled across this post and have no idea who I am.  

(And hell yes, I'm spamming today.) *g*

Comments

[lerdo.livejournal.com]

Haha. Yes, we've discussed our somewhat similar "planning" methods. *g*

[tempertemper77.livejournal.com]

LOL, like Space says above, I kinda vomit on the screen (nice visual for you there).

I'm still getting randomly accosted by stuff though.. the other day I was walking to work and got all this dialogue in my head. I sat on the train and entered it as memos to my mobile phone as I didn't have a pen and paper! *is a dork*

[lerdo.livejournal.com]

When it comes to writing, I'm not much of a "linear" thinker. That doesn't mean that people who write like us don't think. It's not like I think I'm a conduit for "God" or a muse or something. Like you, I have odds and ends that come to me, and I'll save those in a doc for future reference. But a lot of description, symbolism, dialogue, etc. comes as I write, in the moment, though I USUALLY have a general sense of where I'm going, even if the specifics don't come until the vomiting stage. ;)

But I have the sense that maybe I could make the process more efficient -- and possibly make the product better -- if I molded myself into more of a planner/outliner. I don't know if that's right, and the point may be moot if I just can't make myself work like that. And yes, for a casefic, it's practically necessary, unless you want a gazillion drafts.

As for your putting notes in your phone, hey, a writer's gotta do what a writer's gotta do! :)

[tempertemper77.livejournal.com]

I don't know if that's right, and the point may be moot if I just can't make myself work like that.

Very true... and I can't, I've tried!