There is plenty of controversy concerning outlining or pantsing, but if you plan even a little bit, you’ll enjoy this infographic.
I have written with and without and outline, and although my outline was more a beat sheet with scene to scene blurbs I found it helped me stay on track. The times my creativity gave the outline a solid smack and moved it out of the way, it was easy to tweak my scenes. I personally didn’t feel in inhibited at all. Instead, I felt it boosted my creativity. Who woulda thunk it?? π
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I tend to fly by the seat of my pants but unfortunately that gets me into a lot of trouble, lots of editing, so maybe not the best way to approach things!
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Great Infographic from Jen ππ
Thanks for your help, Jen.
Okay, it’s all done. My FB page for the post (so you can share) is https://www.facebook.com/JAOwenby. I also liked your author page. π
I’ve written both ways…without an outline took so much longer and so many more revisions. With an outline–the characters still had their way with me.
Just and FYI–my 2nd novel, The Sin of His Father, is free on Kindle this weekend (9/12-14.
Victoria, when I go to Amazon I see Kindle Unlimited as free, but not the Kindle version. Do you have a link then I can share it on the blog, FB, and twitter???
I see it as free here: http://www.amazon.com/Sin-His-Father-Victoria-Slotto-ebook/dp/B00P0A427M/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442084389&sr=1-1&keywords=slotto
Hope it works.
Okay, I’m posting from my author page on FB J.A. Owenby. I’ll post on my blog and twitter as well! Thank you for sharing!
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Some brilliant ideas in there, Jen. I will give some of them a go, might work better than the mess I work in at the moment!
I hope they help! I found the easiest for me was a beat sheet which you can find from Larry Brooks. He is a super resource, but he can be a bit blunt and discouraging. However, I take what I’m ready to wrap my head around and use it. Here’s the link for the explanation and example http://storyfix.com/beat-sheet-basics-101-plus. Here’s the link for the actual sheet http://storyfix.com/blank-beat-sheet-form. He uses Hunger Games as an example too. It’s all on his site. He also has some great books that I refer too. Good luck!!
This is great, Jen. Thank you for sharing! π
Great tips and infographic, Jen! Sharing… π
I found that one pretty awesome. Have a great weekend, Bette!
I figure I’m a synopsis writer. It’s structured, but there’s lots of creativity filling in all that story between the lines. π
This is excellent! Thanks for sharing, Jen.
I stick with the traditional approach myself though as well as outlining the chapters I do like to do a basic family tree of characters and other information to make sure everything stays consistent.