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I thank this community for being patient. Most of my posts are questions, complaints or frustrations. I can imagine frustration when reading my posts. It's the same thing over and over again. Thank you for keeping up/sticking with my self-centred, negative personality parts.
But on to business...
Standard outlining hasn't worked. Ever. I've put several weeks into it (for this specific project). I've tried several types. And it's a mess. Too many unfinished documents, voice memos, etc. It all boils down to this: I can't get anything on to the page.
Tonight, as I was multi-tasking (it's become absolutely necessary; otherwise, i grow stir-crazy) I was trying to outline. As I wrote down basics, i hit the usual road-block: Transcribing thoughts into words. I couldn't. I had these events, and images running through my imagination. But document wouldn't accept 'em.
So I took a few deep breaths, hit enter until i was at the next fresh page, and started a loose outline. At this point, i've determined this is my brainstorming phase. Or part of it. So far so good. I managed two paragraphs. That's a record.
I did this once for a fan-fiction a year or two ago. It worked beautifully. I wrote 13 pages. The story was twenty or thirty something chapters. And it didn't suck for a loose draft. I passed it by a few honest friends, and got constructive critique plus some praise. Seems the method worked.
Questions is: Have I made a mistake? Is it too early to write a loose-outline-not-really-a-outline?
But on to business...
Standard outlining hasn't worked. Ever. I've put several weeks into it (for this specific project). I've tried several types. And it's a mess. Too many unfinished documents, voice memos, etc. It all boils down to this: I can't get anything on to the page.
Tonight, as I was multi-tasking (it's become absolutely necessary; otherwise, i grow stir-crazy) I was trying to outline. As I wrote down basics, i hit the usual road-block: Transcribing thoughts into words. I couldn't. I had these events, and images running through my imagination. But document wouldn't accept 'em.
So I took a few deep breaths, hit enter until i was at the next fresh page, and started a loose outline. At this point, i've determined this is my brainstorming phase. Or part of it. So far so good. I managed two paragraphs. That's a record.
I did this once for a fan-fiction a year or two ago. It worked beautifully. I wrote 13 pages. The story was twenty or thirty something chapters. And it didn't suck for a loose draft. I passed it by a few honest friends, and got constructive critique plus some praise. Seems the method worked.
Questions is: Have I made a mistake? Is it too early to write a loose-outline-not-really-a-outline?
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