I've never outlined my story...never sat down and so much as put one bullet point on paper about the plot, the characters, the climax, any sub-plots and I certainly haven't organized a full blown outline of who, what, when, where, how, why, and then this and voile...(can't even spell that word - not even sure I got the right word - trying to get the word from magic that implies ta da - there it is!!!).
But is that necessary? I'm beginning to think the answer is a resounding YES!
Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of miscellaneous notebooks from the past few years with numerous pages of notes about my story with lots of great ideas about my characters, who they are, where they come from, where they should go, what they could do, together, to each other, etc... how they are connected, ideas for background, notes about where I need to go back and fill things in...but what I definitely DO NOT HAVE is a comprehensive outline or even a slightly vague outline of what is going to happen in this story.
How problematic is that?
In reading so - oh so many posts at the beginning of November on the Nanowrimo Facebook page enthusiastic Nanoists talked in excruciating detail about the importance of outlines. In fact, people were panicking at the end of October at having NOT outlined in preparation for the start of Nano!
It's been far too long since I took an actual creative writing class and in reading about writing, clearly an outline is the way to go - and in the practicality of my daily life and trying to wrangle this complex story, an outline is needed.
So - outline it is. Suggestions - comments - ideas are welcome. But, as I have no followers on this blog and no one seems to be reading it or commenting - which is fine - this is just really an exercise right now to keep me writing - I'm going to jump in and get started with a basic attempt.
However, in the off chance there is someone out there who does happen across this and feels so inclined to leave their two cents (thanks in advance).
