When I was in undergrad, my film classes always made us outline our scripts on notecards. While it was helpful, I always changed it up so much that I eventually did away with the outline and just wrote whatever felt right. Now that I have decided to give this whole writing professionally thing one more time, I find that my approach has changed.
Now I utilize outlines; even for short stories. Although I still change them up every now and them, I never fully appreciated the focus that they give me when I write. Will I use them all the time? Probably not, but it sure does appear to be helping me get my butt in gear.
Do you outline your stories before writing?
Published on August 29, 2017 08:45