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Writing a Script or Book Outline and Beyond

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Building Your StoryYes, this is where I invoke the often-dreaded "O" word.OutlineI continue to be amazed by the number of screenwriters and working, published novelists I meet who do NOT outline. And at the risk (one from which I have rarely shied) of coming off as a smartass -- they are wrong.I hasten to point out that they are not necessarily bad writers. Some great writers work that way (on a tightrope, without a net). What I am suggesting -- and this is both arguable and unprovable -- is that their work -- their end product -- would probably be...

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Writing a Script or Book Outline and Beyond

Posted by Thomas Sawyer on

Building Your StoryYes, this is where I invoke the often-dreaded "O" word.OutlineI continue to be amazed by the number of screenwriters and working, published novelists I meet who do NOT outline. And at the risk (one from which I have rarely shied) of coming off as a smartass -- they are wrong.I hasten to point out that they are not necessarily bad writers. Some great writers work that way (on a tightrope, without a net). What I am suggesting -- and this is both arguable and unprovable -- is that their work -- their end product -- would probably be...

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