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@the-fledgling-artist

Haha, I feel the same way! I hardly ever write outlines to start. I usually start the idea of the story first, then after I have a good idea of what the concept is, then I start writing.

Usually with my outlines, I have a basic idea of what will happen, but I don’t know the majority of the storyline. So I start brainstorming. I usually write shorthand, and in a real outline format. An outline I’d write would probably look like this. . . (of course it depends on the story idea)

I. Chapter 1

A. MC goes to school

1. gets beat up

B. MC goes on walk to contemplate problems

C. Meets strange man, says he can help with MC’s problems.

D. MC gets kidnapped.

II. chapter 2.

See what I mean? The more detailed the chapter, there’s usually more numbers underneath the a’s and b’s.

I hope that helped. I don’t know if it did, but I can tag a friend who might be able to explain it better.

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