Writing

Okay, so we all like to write. Or at least we like to imagine what we may one day write. But what's writing without planning?
When I was taking the novel writing class in StoryWrite Academy, I learned that we should each take into account what our plot is before we begin writing. That was one of my biggest mistakes while writing.
I would never plot out my novels, or make any plans with them except for the middle and the end. I've never finished a novel before because of that.
Wondering if there was anything I could do to change that, I enrolled in the StoryWrite Novel Writing Class. I learned that outlining, or at least planning, would help me on the road to completing a novel. Here's hoping that it works.

Olivia DeWitt (penname)

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  • GuitarShank gold member
    October 9, 2008
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    How cute

    The thing with planning is that the amount needed actually varies between different writers and different stories. Some people don't like to write every detail down, like the below comment, so a different method is sometimes needed. Unfortunately, I had left that out of the planning module before, but now a new section has been added to rectify this. Eventually, I'm going to do a lot more to that module too


    • HowlofSerendipity Greeters member
      October 9, 2008
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      you're right about plotting not being for everyone. It's hard to think about every detail when you're plotting. I don't think plotting everything where it seems like you're writing the story will be the best idea, but you know, the best thing about planning is that I can add in whatever I feel is missing. Thanks teach.


  • wolfcub
    October 9, 2008
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    I'm not sure I completely agree, if I'm allowed to say that!
    I never planned anything to start with, and yes, I did stop before I got a decent way into these writes, but the first novel I "completed" was done with very little planning. I knew my beginning, middle and end and a few in between scenes, but the rest just came. It's the same with the ones I'm working on now - but probably with even less planning. The problem that I had when I planned was that I made it too detailed so that it sounded like a story itself, or that I lost enthusiasm for writing the real story because I had already planned what happened and knew what it would be.


    • HowlofSerendipity Greeters member
      October 9, 2008
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      yeah, but you at least had the middle planned out. maybe not how to get there, but all i ever though up was the beginning and the very end. and planning may not be for everyone, but outlining helped me a lot.