[stylist] Novel Outlines

Sun Jul 11 21:48:37 UTC 2010

p.s.
I should have mentioned in my comments: use braille absolutely if you 
know it!   use braille for the outlines, sketches, journal, 
etc.  hard copy is very good for the human brain/mind.
jc

At 04:21 PM 7/11/2010, you wrote:
>Hi Joe,
>Glad to hear you're having some forward progress. Mine is almost 
>done, and yesterday I had a major break-through and wrote the last 
>chapter. I knew what was supposed to happen, but not how I wanted to 
>tell it and/or not tell it. Inspiration is a wonderful thing when it 
>finally hits!
>
>As for outlines ... I didn't use an outline like you would use for a 
>term paper, but I did plan ahead and used a calendar, which I guess 
>was a sort of outline. I did a lot of off-paper thinking about the 
>events that happened prior to the beginning of the book, the 
>character' lives prior to the book, etc. and I kept notes -- on tape 
>in those days -- about my thoughts, including my conflicts about 
>going in different directions and how that would impact other parts 
>of the story. Everybody has a past, and I wrote up back stories on 
>the major and some of the minor characters. That was very helpful in 
>giving me an idea of how they would respond to a given situation. 
>Initially, I wrote out a broad overview of what happened in the 
>book. I did have a list of chapters, which was helpful, but it has 
>changed a bit.
>HTH,
>Donna
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>Joe Orozco wrote:
>>         Hello all,
>>
>>Okay, so my so-called novel is coming along at a decent hum.  Who knows if
>>it will ever amount to anything, but damn it, at least it's coming along!
>>So, my question:  How many of you guys use outlines to write, and if you do,
>>what kind of format do you use?  I'm considering a few different outcomes,
>>and although I always hesitated to use outlines for anything other than
>>academic pieces, I think I'd better become more organized.  Any thoughts,
>>tips, suggestions would be most appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>>Joe
>>
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