tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post3384505726299290741..comments2024-03-17T02:12:53.713-05:00Comments on POD People: Thoughts on The Outline -- c.anne.gardnerveingloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709708573358649383noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-27006528381497185362011-01-27T10:00:44.389-06:002011-01-27T10:00:44.389-06:00I like those kind of books. I don't think char...I like those kind of books. I don't think characters have to do anything necessarily, they just have to want something. The greatest books for me to read are where the characters simply want to understand themselves. <br /><br />I usually know how a story begins and how it ends. I spend the bulk of my time trying to get from point A to point B and have something to say about it in the process. <br /><br />I do a lot of outlines at my day job, I just can't seem to make it work for me in the creative department though.Cheryl Anne Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564041914501542048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20796627.post-50977468122038247642011-01-27T04:03:06.083-06:002011-01-27T04:03:06.083-06:00I’ve never plotted anything in fact one of my pet ...I’ve never plotted anything in fact one of my pet phrases is that my books don’t have a plot but they do have a point. Of course by the time I’m done they <i>do</i> end up with a thin plot but nothing you could call a subplot. The closest I ever came to an outline was deciding about three chapters into my fourth novel how it had to end. At that point I wrote the last chapter and then all I had to do was get my characters there in an interesting fashion. I like the idea of having an outline and I’ve thought a few times over the years of pinching someone else’s because the hardest part of writing for me is the story as I’m far more interested in the characters and they could be doing pretty much anything. In fact if you look at <i>Living with the Truth</i> in particular what is it that Jonathan does? He gets up, goes to work, has lunch, goes back to work, goes home – nothing of any consequence – in fact in my third book pretty much all the protagonist does is walk back and forth from the park at the end of the road.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com