tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post5866774759185597799..comments2024-03-28T16:52:31.923-04:00Comments on The Write Conversation: To Outline or Not—Which is Better?Edie Melsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902312441667526147noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-17515720843680092392014-09-05T11:13:09.184-04:002014-09-05T11:13:09.184-04:00Thanks Susan. I'm with you. I too get bogged d...Thanks Susan. I'm with you. I too get bogged down in the middle. I plan to read James Scott Bell's "Write Your Novel From The Middle."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632691961464703799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-72253291265957082962014-09-05T11:10:39.653-04:002014-09-05T11:10:39.653-04:00Thanks Ellen. There really is no right or wrong. W...Thanks Ellen. There really is no right or wrong. We each have our own right or wrong, and that's all we need. This doesn't nullify the need to learn the different processes, it just helps us glean from them what's important to us individually.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632691961464703799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-65300407298615086152014-09-05T11:07:56.890-04:002014-09-05T11:07:56.890-04:00Thanks Andrea. You nailed it. Uniquely we're m...Thanks Andrea. You nailed it. Uniquely we're made and uniquely we write. If there were only one or two "right ways." we'd all sound alike.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632691961464703799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-67767632201675612872014-09-05T11:06:35.378-04:002014-09-05T11:06:35.378-04:00Thanks DiAnn. I think knowing the character is mor...Thanks DiAnn. I think knowing the character is more important than outlining. When I struggle, it's because I don't know my character well enough.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632691961464703799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-16901536217060575612014-09-05T11:05:16.200-04:002014-09-05T11:05:16.200-04:00Thanks Ane. I must admit that although I favor the...Thanks Ane. I must admit that although I favor the intuitive route, I have to incorporate some aspects of outlining. It's the whole process of outlining that dulls my creativity and motivation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632691961464703799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-31024362395245969342014-08-30T01:13:26.920-04:002014-08-30T01:13:26.920-04:00It's nice to meet another SOTP/Intuitive Write...It's nice to meet another SOTP/Intuitive Writer. :)<br /><br />I generally know the beginning and end of my stories, but getting from Point A to Point Z is a vast mystery. Outlining, character charts, and all the other devices plotters use have the effect of tying my brain in knots. <br />Susan J. Reinhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461276857852409546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-29840800732916278432014-08-29T14:57:46.065-04:002014-08-29T14:57:46.065-04:00Thanks for this, Bruce. I've heard a lot of ...Thanks for this, Bruce. I've heard a lot of writers talk about their characters talking to them and making them change the story. I couldn't understand it. It made me think I'm not a real writer too. It's good to hear people are just different, not right or wrong.Ellen Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474986203062305511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-78171574180699743982014-08-29T11:17:10.962-04:002014-08-29T11:17:10.962-04:00DiAnn said it perfectly. Using an outline would be...DiAnn said it perfectly. Using an outline would be like writing with handcuffs . . . at least for me. :) Everyone has a little different approach, and it's freeing to know there is no right or wrong way -- just different. That's why God made us all unique.Andrea Merrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886398056031430593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-72340188077864884162014-08-29T10:31:43.808-04:002014-08-29T10:31:43.808-04:00I'm intuitive/organic/seat-of-the-pants writer...I'm intuitive/organic/seat-of-the-pants writer! Love to live the life of my characters with them - but I have to know the character first. DiAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413983564525899122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907737240492304428.post-5672489683536937292014-08-29T08:50:15.536-04:002014-08-29T08:50:15.536-04:00I have to have somewhat of an outline - or a map o...I have to have somewhat of an outline - or a map of where I'm heading. But then I let the characters take over. Rachel Hauck coined the word Planster and it fit me perfectly. I have a plan, the I I SOTP it. But without the plan, I'm dead in the water. Southern-fried Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274634359952391833noreply@blogger.com