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Sanderson style outlining in Curio
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Posted by Amontillado
Aug 20, 2023 at 02:41 PM
Outliners supporting tags, like Outline Edit and OmniOutliner, help with threaded outlines but they don’t allow editing while a thread filter is active. I stopped using OmniOutliner a while back when it appeared OmniGroup was letting it languish. I could be misremembering details.
The idea of one outline per thread, and I doubt I’ve ever written anything with more than three threads, seems to be useful. I’ve also realized I don’t need to complete one thread outline before starting the other and I don’t need to finish the thread outlines before starting to work on the master outline.
It seemed like a great revelation when I first heard of the idea of separate outlines for threads. After a day or two of messing with it, it’s more like just another way to prod a pile of ideas into a story.
Curio’s synced text figures as they apply to outline entries has renewed my interest in Curio as an outliner.
Posted by steve-rogers
Aug 20, 2023 at 02:57 PM
OmniOutliner uses tags?
Amontillado wrote:
Outliners supporting tags, like Outline Edit and OmniOutliner, help with
>threaded outlines but they don’t allow editing while a thread filter is
>active. I stopped using OmniOutliner a while back when it appeared
>OmniGroup was letting it languish. I could be misremembering details.
>
>The idea of one outline per thread, and I doubt I’ve ever written
>anything with more than three threads, seems to be useful. I’ve also
>realized I don’t need to complete one thread outline before starting the
>other and I don’t need to finish the thread outlines before starting to
>work on the master outline.
>
>It seemed like a great revelation when I first heard of the idea of
>separate outlines for threads. After a day or two of messing with it,
>it’s more like just another way to prod a pile of ideas into a story.
>
>Curio’s synced text figures as they apply to outline entries has renewed
>my interest in Curio as an outliner.
Posted by satis
Aug 20, 2023 at 04:19 PM
You can add columns for tags, task due dates, completion status, and more.
Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 20, 2023 at 04:26 PM
Keywords can be used “like tags”
steve-rogers wrote:
OmniOutliner uses tags?
>
>Amontillado wrote:
>Outliners supporting tags, like Outline Edit and OmniOutliner, help with
>>threaded outlines but they don’t allow editing while a thread filter is
>>active. I stopped using OmniOutliner a while back when it appeared
>>OmniGroup was letting it languish. I could be misremembering details.
>>
>>The idea of one outline per thread, and I doubt I’ve ever written
>>anything with more than three threads, seems to be useful. I’ve also
>>realized I don’t need to complete one thread outline before starting
>the
>>other and I don’t need to finish the thread outlines before starting to
>>work on the master outline.
>>
>>It seemed like a great revelation when I first heard of the idea of
>>separate outlines for threads. After a day or two of messing with it,
>>it’s more like just another way to prod a pile of ideas into a story.
>>
>>Curio’s synced text figures as they apply to outline entries has
>renewed
>>my interest in Curio as an outliner.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Aug 21, 2023 at 08:49 AM
That’s why Scapple is the way it is – no complex layering, just a series of easily adjusted relationships ;-)
On the Bike front: of course you can create a very complex series of Bike outlines if you want, using Bike’s excellent linking features. The advantage of Bike lies in the focusing function.
On the other hand, filtering (from a navigation sidebar) is also very useful. Which is why some people use TaskPaper to draft complex documents.