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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I didn't have a plot when I started writing, in fact I still don't. I just knew what sort of people I wanted to write about and a few of the things that I wanted to happen to them.
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Lots of A-list writers have said something similar - "I just set the characters up and wait to see what they do..." etc.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of outlining - it's easy to end up with a stiff
and then, and then, and then story with the author's hand heavy on everything. You have to be ready to re-work the outline over and over again to keep it organic. I often write the beginning and the end first, then feel my way from one to the other.
And of course when you
get to the end you have to cut and cut and cut and move things around and try again - that applies whatever approach you take.
If you're good at spontaneous short pieces, why not stick to those for a bit? The best ones are allusive and oblique - there doesn't
have to be a plot as such at all.