The Ins And Outs Of Outlining

If I had to specify, I would say that this post falls under the technical term of 'whenever' for the next blog update. But here it is and not a moment too soon. You see, soon I will have a guest post up on my friends blog, and it would be a shame for me not to give advance warning here. The exact timing of that one depends on when exactly he puts it up and how long after this post goes live I get that one written, but I would imagine that neither will take more than a day or two. Stay tuned for that post over on his blog, and I will make a note here when that goes up.

As for the subject of today's post, I wanted to talk about something that I'm still trying very hard to figure out. Outlining is, and always has been, one of the weaker parts of the writing process as far as my skill is concerned. I think this comes, in part, from a personality trait that I am well aware of. I've never been one to plan out much, and have a slight (read: not so slight) aversion to doing so. It's something I'm trying to overcome in more aspects of my life than just writing, but making life decisions about characters is much easier and lets me avoid doing the same for myself. At least for now. So without further ado, we'll get started.