For the first book of my web serial, I plan on doing 10 arcs, each with roughly 8 parts of about 2,500 words each. This comes to a grand total of...
I'm outlining a book that is currently about a girl who gets thrown into a world where there are shapeshifters when one kills her brother... they...
Dear writers, Before I go on vacation for 10 days, I want to post this question that is on my mind all the time. I personally find it more fun...
I'm, ahem, trying to get organize before I begin writing my first draft. I've been using an Excel spreadsheet for my scene list when writing my...
I have a problem guys. I've been working on my current WIP for something around 7 years now, and one of the big reason that it has dragged out...
Setting aside Tenderiser's irrational prejudices against the terminology, I think a lot of romance authors are "pantsers". We already know what...
As a ghostwriter, I cannot hit a deadline without a detailed outline. It saves me when inspiration wanders off into other rooms. Detailed...
Hello my fellow Authors! I decided to share my outlining process because I can't be the only one that has trouble, right? Okay, so this is how I...
This is a follow-up to my earlier thread: https://www.writingforums.org/threads/do-you-keep-typing-when-you-arent-feeling-anything.143327/ I've...
I'm not sure I'm putting this in the right place, but it has come to my attention that I am not as good as outlining as I thought I was....
Hopefully I can explain my predicament properly. I'm having trouble thinking up names for the gods/goddesses in the fantasy book I'm planning to...
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Hi... so my excessive plot outlining has given me the idea of two antagonists (well, one main one and a major secondary one). My story idea is...
I'm starting the process of writing my first short story (insert any encouragement here). I'm outlining right now and my story has several minor...
I'm coming here for help, because no matter how many writers' articles I read, I've never encountered in another person what I seem to have right...
This comes up a lot -that everyone has a story outline so I was wondering what that term means to you? --- Before I begin a novel length...
OK, so I'm a beginning writer,and when I say beginning, I mean I haven't written one page yet. But I feel I'm ready, I have a ton of ideas that...
Okay, I've tried it both ways. I wrote thirty-thousand words into a novel that had an extremely detailed outline prior to the actual writing....
This is one of those general questions I like throwing past other writers, because sometimes I feel like I'm the only one. I don't hate the...
I am a new member of this forum and have been working on a novel off and on for several years now. I think I have developed a very interesting...
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