cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/21181822
Writers of Lemmy, how do you do outining?
I normally just do a big text document, but I’m starting to think thats not the best method for me. It can be overwhelming to keep nice and linear over time.
This is gonna sound outdated as hell, but I handwrite one major plot point or scenes on an index card and then put them in the order I want the outline to proceed in. I change the order of the cards if I feel like it or if a scene went some different direction than I originally intended while I was writing it. I only do this while writing fiction.
Honestly, never heard of this before. Gonna try this for brainstorming. I think this might work well for this specific book idea since I have a bunch of plot beats I would like to hit but not a very strong opinion about what order to hit them in.