Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. —E.L. Doctorow (as quoted by Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird) Some writers live and breath outlines. They detail out every plot point and twist and scene and character arc. It works for them, and that's great. Writing is a personal, intimate experience, and we all have to find the process that works for us. But I don't—and
On outlines, and diverging from them
On outlines, and diverging from them
On outlines, and diverging from them
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. —E.L. Doctorow (as quoted by Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird) Some writers live and breath outlines. They detail out every plot point and twist and scene and character arc. It works for them, and that's great. Writing is a personal, intimate experience, and we all have to find the process that works for us. But I don't—and