Re: Outlining stages

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Posted by srdiamond15
2005-03-26 23:30:43

>I think what I am trying to say here is that, while outlining is a great tool for marshalling facts, developing complex arguments, and so on, it may sometimes force a sequential structure on a piece of writing (chronological, logical, or whatever) that might be better presented to the audience in a different way - just as a plot-line might be developed by a writer, but then deliberately scrambled up, revealed in flashbacks, threaded with false clues, and so on, in order to entertain the audience. - Derek

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Some people brainstorm in an outliner, mind mapping program - or in BrainStorm. Then there is also a school of brainstorming called ‘free writing’ in which brainstorming is done in paragraph format. It may be vital to do _both_, in some form or another. If you start with two stages of outlining, then one’s free writing takes place during the transformation of outline to document, if it takes place at all.

Stephen Diamond

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