[stylist] Novel Outlines

[Donna Hill]

Joe, I second Jim's suggestion about Braille. I forgot to mention it, 
but I have several thick notebooks of Braille for my book, including 
lists of character and place name ideas plot threads, synopses, poems 
and so on.

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James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR wrote:
> 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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