As many of you know I use an outline or script if you will
to write my books. But sometimes,
infrequently, I come up with an idea and go off script. It happens when I have an idea that is so
good that it simply must be part of the
story. The problem is like having a long
piece of licorice. If you want to insert
another piece how do you it and still have a solid piece of licorice? That’s what it’s like as a writer adding to a
story that has already been laid out. You
scour the story and look for a place to insert the piece. In my particular case, the addition is a
person. That means introducing her and
writing her in at various parts of the story.
That’s a lot of splicing licorice.
This gives ammunition to the people who say not to write an outline at
all. I respect them and their opinions. For me, however, every time I try that, I
always leave out an important detail.
Then I have to go back and fit it in.
I don’t know how others write on the fly. It is
a gift I simply don’t possess. I
currently have a great idea. Now I’m
standing at the long rope licorice with a razor blade asking if I really want
to chop up perfect piece or let it be.
It’s a tormenting decision.
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