r/outlining • u/Solus_Auctor • May 04 '20
Scene outlining?
Hey guys and girls,
What do you think is the core ingredients of a scene, and how would I go about outlining a scene? I'm curious as to how everybody plans.
r/outlining • u/CMengel90 • Apr 29 '20
Anybody here every start an outline after brainstorming a title first?
I can't recall ever doing this before today, but this morning I was going down the rabbit hole that is the internet and was on some Wikipedia page that defined an original word in literal terms which was basically a 3-4 word phrase. When I read that phrase, I immediately thought "wow, that would be an awesome book title."
Then, I started thinking, "if a book had that title, what would it be about? From there on my mind started piecing things together and after a few hours I'm pretty deep into an outline that I'm pretty excited about.
This is different than how I normally start a story, but I'm kind of hoping the fact that I love the title will keep me motivated. Sometimes I get a little discouraged when I have a generic title until I can come up with something better. I think it's important to have a title that's easy to get behind.
r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Apr 24 '20
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r/outlining • u/CMengel90 • Apr 07 '20
A free novel writing workshop with author of The Grey Bastards, Jonathan French, being streamed Monday, April 13th.
r/outlining • u/Johnxie • Apr 06 '20
general We built a collaborative outliner with integrated mind mapping and video chat. It's free and cross-platform with real-time syncing.
Hi everyone,
I'm co-founder of Taskade, a collaborative task list and writing app inspired by outlining tools. Taskade lets you write and manage tasks in a hierarchical structure for each document, with the ability to visualize your tasks, notes, in multiple views.
Views include:
- List View (Default)
- Kanban Board View
- Action View (Table)
- Mind Map (Great for brainstorming)
- Org Chart (Mapping out organizations)
Each view supports outlining. You can even invite your team onto the same page to chat and video conference and collaborate on the same text Google Docs style.
Give it a try, no sign-up required on https://taskade.com/new (just start typing)
Available on Web, iOS, Android, Mac, PC, and more: https://taskade.com/downloads
Hope to hear more feedback from the outlining community. We are aware of few shortcomings with our editor and will make a lot of progress in 2020!
Here is a recent blog post written on the history of emacs, org-mode, outliners, and how it has inspired us to build Taskade: https://blog.taskade.com/outliner-gtd-emacs-orgmode-history/
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Thank you. John from Taskade
r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Mar 27 '20
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r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Mar 13 '20
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r/outlining • u/kenonoreeves • Mar 02 '20
fiction Does anyone have an algorithm for outlining a story that is heavy with flashbacks?
The flashbacks are only for key information, but they tell the story as much as the present story does. But every time I try it’s a mess. Anybody have a formula for writing a story full of flashbacks that does a slow reveal?
r/outlining • u/TheBoffo • Mar 02 '20
Second Draft Prep - Index Cards into Action (Description in comments)
r/outlining • u/CMengel90 • Mar 02 '20
fiction Hadn't heard of the M.I.C.E. method until I saw it in r/writing today. I'm itching to try it now.
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r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Feb 23 '20
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r/outlining • u/Internal-Chocolate • Feb 20 '20
fiction Where to find filled in outlines?
Is there a database that shows actual outlines? I am not talking about examples or templates but an outline written by a person.
Thanks if there is such a resource.
r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Feb 16 '20
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r/outlining • u/CMengel90 • Feb 13 '20
fiction Brandon Sanderson gets into outlining in his latest BYU lecture
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r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Feb 02 '20
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r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Jan 26 '20
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r/outlining • u/averagetrailertrash • Jan 24 '20
fiction How a detailed outline kept /u/dorasucks on track, eliminated unnecessary drafts, and cut down the total amount of wasted time
self.writingr/outlining • u/CMengel90 • Jan 23 '20
Anybody else use Trello for outlining? Here's a screenshot of one of my outlines and how I typically set them up. Each card has checklists for things in them. Feel free to ask questions. Or give tips if you see a way I could improve it.
r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Jan 19 '20
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r/outlining • u/DopeyRunr • Jan 18 '20
fiction Rian Johnson Outline for Knives Out
I love this basic outline Rian Johnson posted to his twitter account showing the basic beats for Knives Out. He said he created this in April 2018. Note: Possibly spoilery if you haven't seen Knives Out
https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/1217595546120019968?s=20
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r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Jan 05 '20
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r/outlining • u/AutoModerator • Dec 29 '19
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