WIP Challenge - Check In, Day 6 - Friday

[the_rck]

Poll #14662

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Today I

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planned
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

wrote
2 (33.3%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
2 (33.3%)

posted
1 (16.7%)

rested
1 (16.7%)

did something else
2 (33.3%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 4.83 Median: 4.5 Std. Dev 2.11

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		1 (16.7%)
3		1 (16.7%)
4		1 (16.7%)
5		1 (16.7%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		1 (16.7%)
8		1 (16.7%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Terrific 10		0 (0.0%)

Do you use outlines when you write? Why or why not?

I tend not to use outlines. I start with a general idea of where I'm going and then write it. I may, for a very long story, make a list of things I think need to happen, but that list isn't in any particular order and is subject to change without notice. I find heavy outlining to be too close to writing the story. A detailed outline makes me unlikely to follow through by writing the story.

Comments

[linaewen]

I wrote, but it was for my work rather than for fun. It's mostly done, though, and it's been edited, so I just have to finish up and make the edits, and then I can move on to something more appealing. Like my Yulefic!

I love outlines. Sometimes they are little more than glorified lists for my shorter pieces, but usually they are actual outlines in chronological order of what will happen in the chapter/story -- not too detailed, but with just enough information to remind me of what happens when or who should be doing what. If I have already written a snatch of conversation, I will include that in the outline in its proper place in the tale, and flesh it out when I get there. Having an outline helps me keep track of all the characters and their points of view, especially in my longer WIPs where it is really quite unwieldy and hard to remember everything without an outline.

[rebecca2525]

Unless it's a very short fic, outlines are great! The more detailed the outline, the faster my writing progress. Sometimes I'm to lazy to do a proper outline, or I'm handwaving parts of it, but that will always slow me down later.