tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post6025801812018011239..comments2023-11-26T01:21:35.860-07:00Comments on Mormon Mommy Writers and Friends: OutliningMarianne (Mare) Baker Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03663143060069193124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-74307460552678774302010-01-08T14:02:04.206-07:002010-01-08T14:02:04.206-07:00Easiest outline ever?
Three disasters followed by...Easiest outline ever?<br /><br />Three disasters followed by an ending. Each disaster is worse than the one before.<br /><br />That's it. <br /><br />I love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-22988733473814819062010-01-08T11:30:25.689-07:002010-01-08T11:30:25.689-07:00Wow, thanks for all this really helpful info! I l...Wow, thanks for all this really helpful info! I love trying new ways to look at my work - I often find things that I can do to make it stronger.<br /><br />I'm like you, Nikki. I never used to outline. For the project I'm ready to submit now I started my first draft with ten plot-points jotted on a sheet of paper and that was my "outline." But after the fourth draft got rejected I decided I needed to get more organized. I created an outline of the book as a revision tool and it worked great! I could see the whole book by glancing through a few pages, and it showed me a lot of things I needed to change.<br /><br />I have yet to do a detailed outline BEFORE I start writing. I feel like I'm still finding the process that works best for me. Maybe I'll try it on my next project and see how it goes.Rebecca J. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-490412813192265582010-01-08T10:07:22.297-07:002010-01-08T10:07:22.297-07:00Jordan-thanks for those links! I was wondering wh...Jordan-thanks for those links! I was wondering where she had gotten the outlining exercise. It's wonderful!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328973674012805812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-49742814387136847902010-01-08T09:19:22.878-07:002010-01-08T09:19:22.878-07:00To give credit where credit is due, the list of qu...To give credit where credit is due, the list of questions comes from an article by Alicia Rasley (she has dozens of raelly great articles on all kinds of things and blogs now at http://edittorrent.blogspot.com ). Here's the link: http://www.sff.net/people/Alicia/artout.html <br /><br />I used to be a pantser, but after ruining a couple novels and taking on a very intricate project, I'm a devoted plotter. Like just about every plotter I know, that doesn't mean that I'm roped into a rigid structure or that I know every twist and turn my novel will take, or that I'll even keep to my outline, but I do always know where I'm going in my story, if not exactly how to get there yet.<br /><br /> I've done a whole series on various plotting methods on my blog: http://jordanmccollum.com/series/plot-thickens/ . My favorites are the hero's journey and Larry Brooks's story structure. Holly Lisle also has a free outlining/plotting workshop that I found useful sa a brainstorming tool: http://hollylisle.com/fm/Workshops/plot-outline1.html .<br /><br />Hope those links work; something about the old version of this embedded content box disbles cutting and pasting. >:(Jordan McCollumhttp://jordanmccollum.comnoreply@blogger.com