Notes on Outlining

[Lester Curtis]

The genesis of this topic can be found here:

http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/newforu ... 12&t=12813

Scroll down for the relevant posts. I would have migrated individual posts to this thread, but I seem to lack the mad skillz for it.

[Lester Curtis]

I am realizing there is a writing method here too though! Not sure if your character should die or live? Write them both! It's like those old Choose Your Own Adventure stories, but with far longer and more thorough parts of the plot splits that don't end in 500 more words.

Done with links, I can see how that might be fun for the reader, but -- for the writer? No way! Every link splits the whole thing and you have to write two (or more!) variations from there! That could turn a 2000 word story into a 2000 page story! That's probably why it isn't done much.

Sorry, I'll pass.