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Originally Posted by MichaelFStewart
How'd you like working from such a detailed outline. I'm not sure I do. Tougher to get motivated. I always love to sit down and wonder what will happen next, now I know. On the plus side it allows me to focus on the writing.
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It's the "focusing on the writing" part that I appreciate the most. Though my outlines may be a bit less detailed than yours... they describe the essential elements of the story, but still leave me plenty of room to embellish, and flesh out the characters and their actions, along the way. Still, I get motivated by the challenge of "sticking to the script" while maintaining a level of spontaneity, so that it doesn't feel scripted.
What you describe as a "detailed outline" I describe as a "combination of story outline, character and setting details pages" that, when complete, almost write the story on their own... it's my job just to get it on paper (excuse me,
into electrons) in an interesting but coherent fashion.