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[aurey09]

1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do it.

1. I'd rather eat salad than junk food.
2. I prefer writing on my computer than with pen and paper.
3. My great grandmother died exactly 2 years before I was born in the same

Comments

[wildannuette]

I'm with you on the second and fifth *grins* but 1? Yikes, *steers salad away and grabs pizza* Love my junk food too much for that :)

[aurey09]

I still like junk food, just salad more. 2 and 5 - are great tools for my writing - I type quick, I suck a spelling *is dyslexic* I need my spellchecker and I get things muddled so having an outline keeps my mind focused. :-)

Castle? Cool!

[ozma914]

*Thank you*!!! I was beginning to think I was the only write on LJ who outlined

Re: Castle? Cool!

[aurey09]

I was starting to think I was the only one who outlined too. I think some people think it might take something away from their creative process or something like that.

I like having the plot set down helps me. It's one less thing to worry about and I can focus on dialogue, description and the smaller moments in a story.

Re: Castle? Cool!

[ozma914]

If the creative process includes coming to a stumbling, aimless end in the middle of the story and abandoning it in disgust, those people are right!

An overly detailed outline is a bad idea, but something more general is a huge help. It's a balance between being creative and being productive; the main thing to remember is that if the creative process leads you elsewhere, the outline can be changed to reflect that. I suspect a lot of people think of outlines only as those solid, immoveable clunkers they learned about in school.