Tag: outlining

• Plotting or Plodding?

  Humph! Here’s the real truth about writers: sometimes we have no idea how it’s all going to turn out. I mean, really, what are we doing? What am I doing? What is my plot doing? Sometimes it feels like I’m playing a giant connect-the-dots while blindfolded. Are these two dots really going to connect in…

  sassevn

  July 21, 2018

  Writing Process

  novel writing, outlining, plot, writing advice, writing tips

• Cancel Everything. Write and Discover.

  A couple months ago, I was publicly weighing the options of how to write book three of my trilogy. I first stated how great outlining was, though I rarely used it before. Then I followed that up by stating that I just need to discover where I’m going before I get there. I’m not a…

  sassevn

  July 11, 2018

  Writing Process

  brain storming, novel writing, outlining, wriiting

• Writing (for me) is a step by step commitment

  I’ve said it before that for me writing is more of a discovery process than anything else. Today, as I was thinking through a chapter I’m working on, I asked myself what I was committing to complete at this point. I realized that I am committed one hundred percent on the current chapter only, but…

  sassevn

  June 20, 2013

  Writing Process

  indie author, outlining, writing commitment, writing process