Vice versa

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

thread subtitle: in which scarletpeaches and tt42 swap lives.

I'm a rabid anti-outliner; thethinker42 has writing-related-OCD. Trust me, I've seen her Excel files and formulae working out how many words she must write to bring her chapter average up to 1,478.72 words exactly by 11:56pm.

But over the past few months, she's been outlining less and less until this morning she announced:

"I'm binning the ouline for Between the Lines."

:Jaw:

So to show solidarity, I've decided to outline a novel. I don't need to; I can happily write 150k without any pre-planning at all, but I do lots of things I don't need to each day, just to see if I can.

Yes.

tt42 is pantsing it and I'm killing off my creativity by chaining myself to an immovable outline.

It'll be interesting to see what this does to my creativity and productivity.

And to tt42's characters.

Could be fun. If there are any other pantser/outliner friend-pairings on AW, why not try it too?

Wish us luck. We'll either discover new reservoirs of...something.

Or die in the process.

robeiae · Jun 16, 2009

Wait...you're swapping pants, too?

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

robeiae said:
Wait...you're swapping pants, too?

Lori doesn't wear pants.

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

Great. Now it's on AW. That means it's as good as written in blood.

*deep breath* I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.

cray · Jun 16, 2009

robeiae said:
Wait...you're swapping pants, too?

that's the way i read it too.

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

thethinker42 said:
Great. Now it's on AW. That means it's as good as written in blood.

*deep breath* I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.

I'll even write out of sequence with decimalised chapters if it keeps you happy, my sweet.

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Lori doesn't wear pants.

Which means that, once we start this switcheroo, I get to start wearing pants and you have to stop.

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
I'll even write out of sequence with decimalised chapters if it keeps you happy, my sweet.

Yes, you must. Without an outline, some of my out-of-sequence writing and decimal point chapters will probably go.

Unless of course, I think of something that needs to go into the story earlier on, at which point I will insert a decimalized chapter and - SQUEEEEE!!! I'll be back to my old ways.

robeiae · Jun 16, 2009

What kind of pants are we talking about, here?

Elincoln · Jun 16, 2009

It's way past April 1st, so it's not an April's Fools prank.

Um, please tell me this is just a Full moon phase and not a sign for the end of the world.

Please. Someone?

*Starts stocking the basement with essentials.*

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

thethinker42 said:
Yes, you must. Without an outline, some of my out-of-sequence writing and decimal point chapters will probably go.

Unless of course, I think of something that needs to go into the story earlier on, at which point I will insert a decimalized chapter and - SQUEEEEE!!! I'll be back to my old ways.

So. When can I expect to take delivery of your husband?

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
I'm a rabid anti-outliner; thethinker42 has writing-related-OCD. Trust me, I've seen her Excel files and formulae working out how many words she must write to bring her chapter average up to 1,478.72 words exactly by 11:56pm.

In case you don't believe her, I have blogged about what an OCD case I am.

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

robeiae said:
What kind of pants are we talking about, here?

Yours.

scarletpeaches said:
So. When can I expect to take delivery of your husband?

As soon as I get the last chapter of your current WIP, I'll put him on a plane.

Elincoln · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
So. When can I expect to take delivery of your husband?

thethinker42 said:
As soon as I get the last chapter of your current WIP, I'll put him on a plane.

I need a drink.

robeiae · Jun 16, 2009

Personally, I don't like corduroy pants, very much. Jeans are okay, but it's really hard to find a decent pair for a decent price. Most of the time I wear shorts, anyway. Though, once and a while, I'll wear sweatpants. But then, it's generally hot, here. One time when I was wearing sweatpants, I took the dog for a walk in the rain. Then she shook and got my sweatpants wet. And then I smelled like wet dog. I wish I had been wearing shorts, then. But maybe I should have waited until the rain had stopped before I went on the walk. Of course, the dog didn't want to wait. But that's how dogs can be, sometimes. Oh, I just remembered another time when I was wearing pants. I had to go to this dinner meeting, see...

Ken · Jun 16, 2009

... tt42's hubby is going to be in for a pleasant surprise

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

Elincoln said:
I need a drink.

What? *innocent look*

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

Ken said:
... tt42's hubby is going to be in for a pleasant surprise.

Surprise? Pfft. He knows the deal.

Adam · Jun 16, 2009

Good luck to the pair o' ye!

Be sure to send me wurdz, so I can compare intamalectualleh!

Ken · Jun 16, 2009

thethinker42 said:
Surprise? Pfft. He knows the deal.

... wow. Lucky fella!

robeiae · Jun 16, 2009

...and then by that time, I was too late anyway. But the next day, when I was doing laundry, I found the keys. Guess where. In my pants, of all places. Of course, they were the pants I had put on first and then taken off, since I didn't have the socks to match them. Really, I need to buy some new socks. I can never find ones that I like, though. You know what were good socks? Those kind with the three colored stripes at the top. I'm not sure why they don't make those anymore. Those were good socks. Now, the elastic in socks seems to wear out too easily. That's a problem for me. And sometimes I have the same problem with my underwear. The good thing about underwear is that it really doesn't have to match your pants or even your shoes. But shoes are not really the same thing as pants. I think I'd like to find some new ones. Shoes, I mean, not pants. You know what I'd like to see...

Ken · Jun 16, 2009

... lol. I know where you're coming from with that, Rob ;-)

scarletpeaches · Jun 16, 2009

Where I come from pants are underwear. As in, knickers.

thethinker42 · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
Where I come from pants are underwear. As in, knickers.

In the more civilized parts of the world, "pants" refers to what you chavs call "trousers".

Vincent · Jun 16, 2009

scarletpeaches said:
thread subtitle: in which scarletpeaches and tt42 swap lives.

I'm a rabid anti-outliner; thethinker42 has writing-related-OCD. Trust me, I've seen her Excel files and formulae working out how many words she must write to bring her chapter average up to 1,478.72 words exactly by 11:56pm.

But over the past few months, she's been outlining less and less until this morning she announced:

"I'm binning the ouline for Between the Lines."

So to show solidarity, I've decided to outline a novel. I don't need to; I can happily write 150k without any pre-planning at all, but I do lots of things I don't need to each day, just to see if I can.

Yes.

tt42 is pantsing it and I'm killing off my creativity by chaining myself to an immovable outline.

It'll be interesting to see what this does to my creativity and productivity.

And to tt42's characters.

Could be fun. If there are any other pantser/outliner friend-pairings on AW, why not try it too?

Wish us luck. We'll either discover new reservoirs of...something.

Or die in the process.

It will be a life changing experience.

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