Comments on: Outlining Your Novel: Why and How

By: The Daemon Prism released and an (old) interview with Carol Berg « Elizabeth Tai

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:01:15 +0000

[...] your writing process like? I am not an outliner. Most of the time I begin with an image of a character in a bad situation – a handsome, arrogant [...]

By: Developing a Written Outline–Part II | A New Fiction Writers Forum

Developing a Written Outline–Part II | A New Fiction Writers Forum — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:21:55 +0000

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By: Krista

Krista — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:56:59 +0000

Scrivener is no longer just for Mac users. I purchased it for my PC during Nanowrimo and I love it!

By: Trina L. Grant

Trina L. Grant — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:41:42 +0000

Scrivener does now offer software for Windows. It is still in beta, however, and I ran into an issue of having a half-day’s work erased because the auto-save feature didn’t work correctly. My fault, I know…should have plugged in my external hard drive first, but of course I did not.

Anyway, I’m back with handwriting and OneNote for the planning stages this year (NaNoWriMo). I think I’m going to use Yarny for writing the story. If worse comes to worse, I’ll go to http://writer.bighugelabs.com/ and use that. It’s always good when you’re looking for simple, with no distractions.

By: Finish that Novel! « nicholewintheiser

Finish that Novel! « nicholewintheiser — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:55:50 +0000

[...] things to do? Everybody knows the traditional tips, like, figure out the plot, develop characters, outline, etc. Well here are four quick tips that you probably wouldn’t have thought about to help you [...]

By: Kass

Kass — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:36:44 +0000

My outlines include a one-sentence summary of the story and 3 sentences to describe the beginning, middle and end. I also describe the setting in vivid detail, sometimes even drawing maps for future reference because that’s where I struggle the most. Occasionally I include a few character bios, but not often. If I plan too much before hand, I tend to get bored when actually writing. Half the excitment of writing is not knowing what’s going to happen!

That being said, I have to stick up for the “organic” writers. They aren’t always the last ones to climb the mountain! I’ve finished novels without an outline quicker than I’ve ones with outlines. It all depends on the story and the writer.

By: Caethes Faron

Caethes Faron — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:41:41 +0000

Like you I stalled in NaNo and I realize now that it was because I didn’t outline. I’m a convert to the Snowflake Method and love it. The whole writing process has become smoother. Not only was I able to get my thoughts and story organized, but when I did my character synopses I discovered entire subplots and added in a nice twist when I found out one of my characters wasn’t going to cooperate .

Oh, and I highly recommend Scrivener! I just did a post about outlining and I briefly talk about how I use Scrivener in conjunction with the Snowflake Method: http://caethesfaron.com/fiction-friday-how-im-writing-my-latest-novel-using-an-outline

By: Alana @ Domestically Challenged

Alana @ Domestically Challenged — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:51:49 +0000

I’m a combo writer – I outline the big things, then let the in between stuff happen as it may. It keeps it fun and helps me remember where to end up.

Thanks for all of your continued resources!

By: e.lee

e.lee — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:21:23 +0000

I use cards just like in the photo, a mind-map and a strong torchlight

By: Decisions, Part 1: Pre-planning Self-Publishing Decisions | Self Publishing Team | Duolit

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:32:20 +0000

[...] started on a rough outline of your book. Revise as [...]