: Re: Writing free-form versus creating a plot online? I've always preferred creating short stories, and novels naturally. I don't normally create plot summaries, chapter summaries, and so forth. Is it

An outline or summary is planning. As is character profiles, event lists, setting notes, language notes, maps, roleplaying, and anything else you do understand the story before you write it. How much planning is needed varies from none at all to months of planning for hours of writing. Some factors that affect how much planning is needed are length, complexity, abnormality, number of authors, memory and writing speed. The longer the story the more details to be confused, and the same with complicated plots esoteric theories and other complications. If you can't remember the whole story for long enough to write it down, you need notes. If you are working with someone else, you need to plan to make sure everyone has the same plan. Abnormality? The more different a story is from what you know, the more you need to plan.

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: There are two approaches that are historically used in your situation, and some more modern ones that some people are trying. The first thing often done is to only have evil characters misbehave.

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: Should I have some restraint when submitting to the more prestigious journals? I'm an amateur writer who's never been published. I think my stuff is good, I've had others tell me it's good,

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: This is fiction? Where is it set? If you write what you know and set it where the native language is not english or the major characters don't speak english, you can emphasize your cultural

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: Add Document Data to Chapter Title I'm writing a story using Scrivener. To keep track of the story timeline, I currently write the (fictional) time and date of the happenings of each scene

: Re: Writing free-form versus creating a plot online? I've always preferred creating short stories, and novels naturally. I don't normally create plot summaries, chapter summaries, and so forth. Is it

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: There are two approaches that are historically used in your situation, and some more modern ones that some people are trying. The first thing often done is to only have evil characters misbehave.

: Should I have some restraint when submitting to the more prestigious journals? I'm an amateur writer who's never been published. I think my stuff is good, I've had others tell me it's good,

: This is fiction? Where is it set? If you write what you know and set it where the native language is not english or the major characters don't speak english, you can emphasize your cultural

: Add Document Data to Chapter Title I'm writing a story using Scrivener. To keep track of the story timeline, I currently write the (fictional) time and date of the happenings of each scene

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