“In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower
Weiland, K.M.. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 1) (p. 7). PenForASword Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Ollie Outliner: I’m lost without my outline. Gotta have a road map, so I know where I’m going. It makes the journey so much easier. How can anyone write a coherent story without some idea of what’s supposed to happen? Think how much time you waste writing dead-end scenes and meandering subplots!
Polly Pantser: Where do you get the patience—and the time—to spend weeks, or even months, outlining a story? I’d go crazy if I had to wait that long to start writing. Besides, I lose all the sense of adventure if I know how the story is going to turn out before I start writing it.
I am going to try outlining as seat of the pants isn't working
Weiland, K.M.. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Helping Writers Become Authors Book 1) (p. 7). PenForASword Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Misconception #1: Outlines Require Formal Formatting
Outlines don’t require the crossing of every T, the dotting of every I, and the buttoning of your top collar button. Rather, they should be opportunities for throwing caution to the wind, living on the edge, and breaking any rule silly enough to raise its head.
Misconception #2: Outlines Limit Creativity
Outlines should encourage wild creativity, daring experimentation, and focused inspiration. If you’re not encountering these elements in your own outline, you’re probably looking at the process in the wrong light.
Misconception #3: Outlines Rob the Joy of Discovery
Utilizing an outline allows us to take advantage of both sides of our brains by divvying up the necessary responsibilities of creating a story. When we outline, the creative process can be divided into four categories: conception, outlining, writing, revising.
