I'm finally caught up with school work, and ahead in a few classes, so now I am able to resume my fantasy writing (for a minute, I have to plan out a Medieval Lit unit soon). I haven't actually sat down and started writing paragraphs and pages yet, instead, I'm taking the advice of a classmate and fellow fantasy writer (thanks joshua) and outlining my work.
When I started collegiate writing I stopped outlining -- it's for kids -- I said... Then when I started taking higher level courses, a professor recommended it to me in a one on one conversation. I put a little more thought into organization, but did not actually outline (I got an A on the paper, so I didn't learn anything either). Another professor demanded an outline and included it in my grade; I was forced to outline. I realized that it IS actually EASIER and my RESULTS are far BETTER when I outline. What did I learn from this story? OUTLINE. I really didn't think to apply it to writing fictional stories though, I have no idea why. It makes so much sense. I told my classmate, who had said that he wrote a fantasy novel, that I was working on a short story but having a hard time organizing my ideas. "Outline" was his answer.
If I show you guys what work I've done with the outline, it'll spoil the story, so I won't do that--but keep yourself updated on my blog because you'll be hearing more about Amithistella and Brandstone, whose name I think I'm changing soon, if it happens I'll let you know that it's the same character. Also, I'm changing Prince of Innoruuk too, I'm trying to authenticate my story a little. I think it's okay if I keep the title Prince of Hate, but I'm going to change names. After I've completed and posted the story, I'll post my outline with it, so that if any future writers out there read my blog they can see what I have done.
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