Publishing chapters without an outline horrifies me, now.

[ArcadiaBlade]

Multitasking sucks, man. I cannot do that without going through the five stages of grief.

Who says that I didn't hit that point already? I just accepted my fate that I can multitask. When you multitask, you just do it. Don't look back and see how much you become a monster you are. Just keep the voices at bay and never let then control you and feel the one in control is you alone.

 

[PurpleCatGirl]

i almost always finish writing a story before i start posting any chapters. and i can usually write 2 stories at the same time. thats about the limit tho, any additional ideas get recorded as notes & saved for later.

otoh i almost never outline or plan anything. i just sit down & let the words all flow out. last story i wrote, i didn't even know what genre it was till i was 2/3 through it. (it turned out to be a supernatural mystery, never done that before lol). i almost never know how a story will end till i get there. and frequently the endings surprise me. i frequently have no control over my characters. they do what they want, i just follow them around & document their antics.

but that's why i dont publish till its over. cos it gives me the chance to go back & fix whatever holes & gaps i missed before i knew what kind of story i was writing.

 

[COLOC_Kid]

Seriously, I do not understand how people publish chapters on the fly. I get all tingly with my plot-holed drafts, so I would like to finish a novel first, revise it again and again (perfectionism, I know) before publishing it. Are you one of those "wing-it" guys, too?

Also, may I address how other people work with multiple novels simultaneously? I do not understand them either, or maybe I am the strange one here. I prefer focusing on one thing since my brain does not have any space left. I used to be a pantser—now I find outlining more comfortable.

um... I don't always think about one novel. I get thousands of ideas every week. It is torture to not write a book with these ideas.

 

[Kuropon]

Lol, I wing everything xD I don't even know what I want to write for the next chapter xD

I sometimes do some notes in the form of points?
- MC goes here
- MC will do this
- MC meets this person (They talk about something )

Then I just figure what they talk about or how he gets there along the way.

 

[Deleted member 45782]

...You people write?! That's surprising.

Hmm... creating an outline is the most logical start when creating a story. Nevertheless, there are some that create their outline after writing the story and then implementing some fixes on it. For beginners, they tend to write stories before their outline - and in which most cases, reasons why their story has a lot of plotholes and mistakes. Also, instead of publishing it on the internet, it's best to make it unlisted so you can read it anytime and point out mistakes yourself rather than having someone on the internet find it for you and mock you for your mistake. (Basically, learning the hard way without depending on someone outside... you know, think outside the box. )

If anyone out there has created something beautiful without having to start with an outline - then be proud! That's many ways that writing a story is for you - and you're improving vastly.

True.