tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post3697138937421213104..comments2023-06-27T03:23:48.156-07:00Comments on Manual Entry: warming up the bullpennotagainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915679111849352765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post-75611484191298183652012-11-01T07:58:49.884-07:002012-11-01T07:58:49.884-07:00I've been using mind maps lately. I think it&...I've been using mind maps lately. I think it's the best of both worlds (outlining and note cards). There some free software called FreeMind I've been high on lately. It works on all OS's.<br /><br />I've used a mindmap for a couple of shorts and it was really easy once the mindmap was done. I kind of think that way, adding in a detail here and there and I am a natural categorizer, so by the time I'm done, I've outlined the entire thing!<br /><br />You might want to give it a try and see if it works well for your planning.deekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140131381076720375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post-46908708903295938182012-10-30T08:49:56.621-07:002012-10-30T08:49:56.621-07:00I agree with mr. Clemens. Outlines are boring. I d...I agree with mr. Clemens. Outlines are boring. I do something similar to mike-- if I plan at all. I get a bunch of scenes and line them up, or write a treatment that is not an outline but tells what is going to happen... Yeah, scriptwriting is so much easier, but you can apply the same principles to a novel. This year, I'm trying to write with just a bunch of random ideas and pulling them out of a hat...<br />Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407929719402888263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881842661768630727.post-16431582252768522302012-10-29T20:13:49.285-07:002012-10-29T20:13:49.285-07:00I hate outlining.
I write everything down on ind...I hate outlining. <br /><br />I write everything down on index cards -- one idea per card -- and keep sorting and shuffling and stacking them into clumps and groups until something emerges. In school, I always turned in the outlines *after* the paper was done.mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.com