ClaireC

Just letting you all know, that I have gotten your replies, and love them all!
I will get back to you if I have time, but for now know that your responses are appreciated. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 :)…[Read more]

If you remember a while back, I requested prayer for the Easter offertory I and my sisters were going to play/sing for our church. I don’t remember who all responded (@Daeus @Ethryndal @ClaireC possibly?) but I just wanted to let you know that everything went off really well. I was incredibly nervous but it didn’t affect my voice at all, which is…[Read more]

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@clairec Woohoo!!! That’s awesome that you finished your outline!!! I’m honestly in the middle of doing my extended outline right now, so I can’t really answer any of those questions except that it is taking me a long time and I write everything out long hand. Can’t concentrate when typing, encourages my inner editor to the point of creative…[Read more]

Hey @clairec. I have to confess I don’t usually do any outlining. Unless a one-paragraph synopsis and random thoughts about something I want to happen counts as one. And those are usually written as I go along, though I am planning on trying out the outlining technique.

Word doc is what I use for writing, or a notebook app on my Kindle.

I’ve…[Read more]

@clairec

I’ve always liked the idea of doing an extended outline, but never given myself enough time. Usually I have the main point I want to hit, some idea of other events in the later part of the book,a list of the events in the first third and a detailed plan for the first few scenes.
I try to add details as i go along, but it doesn’t happen…[Read more]

@clairec

1. I usually do a basic outline then use my first draft as a kind of outline when it’s done. I guess I only outline the highlights, the things that are absolutely necessary to give me direction, then wing it from there. =P

2. Doesn’t take me long… a few days? Maybe a week or two if it’s really difficult?

3. I use Microsoft word for…[Read more]

@clairec

1. I don’t outline. Nasty habit, I know. But it just doesn’t seem to work for me yet. I need practice. But the faucet of ideas just doesn’t flow until I start writing. So I can’t help on that topic. SKIP TO THREE

3. I use google docs. And I haven’t tried scrivener so I have no opinion. But I love google docs.

4. I would research…[Read more]

@clairec Congratulations!!!! Yes, you were writing a book even when you were outlining. 🙂

I always have the basic outline when I start writing, sometimes it is more complicated, sometimes less, but I always have one. They are not too extended though. I just recently started outlining in a few sentences what I wanted to happen in a chapter…[Read more]

@clairec Congrats! That’s so awesome! *pats you on the back* *perches a cat on your shoulder to keep patting you on the back* (sort of weird, but I hope you’re not allergic to cats 😉 )

Okay, on to the questions:

1. I do not write extended outlines. I start out with a basic outline, then I dive in. My main reason for doing this is that I like…[Read more]

Congrats, Claire! @clairec

Here’s the thing–I’ve only recently started to outline any part of my stories whatsoever, so the outlines for my current WIP are more than a little scatterbrained.

What I find myself doing the most is writing a sort of outline where the plot points are emphasized–that way, I can fill in the blanks and add in the…[Read more]

Awesome, @clairec! That definitely is a major step. Now for my answers

1. I’ve written an extended outline, but I’ve made some changes to my first novel so I have to rewrite my extended outline. 🙁 Personally, I dove straight into a first draft and then (after finding nuggets of gold in the sea of trash) I started intense theme/character/story…[Read more]

@clairec
*confetti and pats you the back and shakes your hand vigorously*
1. How do you write extended outlines? — Usually, I write a three point outline, beginning, middle and end, and off of that I’ll write it chapter by chapter. While I’m doing the three point outline, many ideas for scenes will pop into my head, so I just write them down on…[Read more]

@ClaireC *slaps you on the back enthusiastically* GO CLAIRE, THAT’S GREAT!!

1. I’m a bit of a recklessly slap out a rough outline and then dive straight on into the writing. It works for me.
2. My outlines usually only take me a month at most when I’m just roughly plotting it out and not going into any huge depth or anything. (For example, I…[Read more]

@clairec *pats you on the back* Much congrats, girl! 😀 That’s super exciting!

As for your questions:
I don’t do extended outlines, because I find if I plan too much, I lose inspiration and motivation for that story. So I just stick with having a basic plot, a few planned ideas, and mostly winging it. Recently, however, I have revived a story I…[Read more]

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@clairec Yes, Princess Bride if the best! Yes, same perfectfifths 😉 but actually my name is not Louise. That’s my pen name, and I thought I might as well stick it on here as well, so you know what books are by me when I get published 😉 XD But you can call me Louise, so you’re not saying Perfectfifths all the time 😀