Should You Outline Your Next Novel?
I don’t write a ton of stuff on literary craft here. (I haven’t blogged a whole lot period in the last couple of months, I know.) But the Twitter chat I had with Ann B. Gelder, who spends a lot more time blogging about craft than I do, should prove of some interest to those who make the enormous life mistake of choosing novel-writing as a career. (Seriously, read her blog. It’s full of good stuff.)
So, what about the rest of you? Outline or no outline? Know that there is only one correct answer, and I will judge you harshly if you get it wrong.
Haha, personally both options stunt my creativity.
No outline at all and I’m left floundering with no idea who my killers supposed to be and thus how to expose / defeat them.
Too much outline and the writing process doesn’t feel like a discovery – i already know the story, I don’t feel like writing it.
Balance, as in all things, is key.