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J. Kathleen Cheney ([personal profile] j_cheney) wrote2007-07-18 06:44 pm

Outlining....

....is not fun.

[identity profile] marshallpayne.livejournal.com 2007-07-19 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I figured we were different. I tend to write too short and then add. I guess what I meant to say was that I like outlining because it doesn't really matter. It's all in my head. There's no pressure. Just my imagination running wild. Once I start writing I hate to make too many mistakes. Sure, once the first draft is done I'll sit there and play with it hours on end, but if I don't get it pretty much right the first time I'll abandond the story. By "right," I think I mean the tone of the story. It's hard, at least for me, to change the tone once I've got it in my head and on paper what I think it should be.

[identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com 2007-07-19 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha! I understand.