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Originally Posted by Tarana
I can always tell when people never learned how to do outlines in high school. Many writers, I will not say most, do outlines. Given that fantasy and science fiction is currently dominated by series, I would think that would be a first step today. They can always change it later.
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If you're implying that I never learned how to do outlines in school, then your batting average just went down.
I understand it perfectly well (I even understand that Sanderson is probably one of the most notorious planners/architects out there). I just don't see
the point of planning a story that takes 10+ books and/or 2+ decades to fully tell. I find it ridiculous and presumptuous, in fact. Whether it be Sanderson, Jordan, Martin or whoever.
I love fantasy--I really do--but I sometimes wish The Series was the exception rather than the rule that governed it. I'd get to read more of it that way.