(Maybe in 10 years) then planning is crucial and has to be intense and detailed because without it the story won't hold together. I feel that if you are writing an 'epic' novel - something i will one day try. By planning you can look ahead and say "ok.thats where i'm heading.now how do i get there?" Without planning you can turn around and say, "ok the train is going full pelt how the hell do i get off?"
If I was to write one p.o.v and follow the character throughout i could in theory just write without a plan but that is how Stephen King writes most of his books and most agree his books have poor endings. If i was to jump to another scene mid way through then the result would be scenes that pth. I throw myself into the scene and work on nothing but that scene until its finished. With arrows linking scenes that are happening at the same time in different areas and p.o.v's. The only way to visualize and know what my goals are each writing session is by having an outline next to my keyboard. Since starting to write in February i've learnt more about the 'science' of writing and what a story needs and thus have had to begin the book earlier than the original scene. What i thought was the start scene and what i knew would be the end. This novel began with two clear scenes in my mind. I think i 'could' do it but the results would be messy Writers who just sit down and write amaze me. I have another one of his that I use instead of that, but it's one I extracted from other posts, so don't have a direct link to it.īut yeah, analysis using plotters' techniques works well I find. Something like Larry Brooks' page here: The Single Most Powerful Writing Tool You’ll Ever See That Fits On One Page
I'll use plotting tools more as a means of analysis on more complete work, to check that I have things happening that make it all come together.
Probably not in so much detail, but so I know I'm not thinking about my protagonist as he is in the attach and putting that into the set up, because it's out of place. The set up, the response, the attack and the resolution. Having done that, I can then think about the 4 acts (3 act is such a misnomer, act 2 is twice the size of acts 1 and 3, and it has a divide in the middle.). That can take some time, too, because it's easy just to fill points, but not so easy to fill them well. So, for outlining something intended to be more commercial, I'd go through and decide the 7 point plot structure, just to make sure it's solid. I couldn't plot the whole thing off the bat, but I do think of it in milestones.
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