Bowie’s in Space

September 6th, 2007Blog2 comments

Would you drive this car? Personally, I actually would if all the other cars/trucks on the road were equivalent in size. However, no matter how many safety features the Smart has, it looks like it would be vaporized by a collision with a semi on the freeway.

Currently Reading:

I just started this one. I’ve wanted to check it out for a while so I thought it was about time.

So I’m outlining a new project now. The objective for me in the outlining phase is to create a tight structure and make sure every event in the story is sequenced properly. Usually I have gaps in the story, so properly outlining it helps illuminate and fill in those gaps.

I use a combination of a bulleted sequential list on the computer and notecards to outline stuff. The sequential list is great for detail — each scene gets a bullet and I type much faster than I can write by hand, so eventually the entire outline will take shape here. However, notecards are very good for resequencing things and trying out variations of sequences. Also, you can see more at once with notecards. I use these for the broadstrokes of the structure.

I noticed that the methodology I use in outlining, writing, and then editing a project has gotten tighter and quicker the more that I do it. Now it’s pretty much down to a science. It’s good to be able to just work on stuff while I wait for people to deal with my completed stuff in the background. Waiting around doing nothing sucks.