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Showerthought: My plot outline crashed and burned harder than my last short story
I sat down last Tuesday for 4 hours to plot out a sci-fi piece. Character arcs, timeline, world rules - all on a whiteboard. Then the marker died halfway through and I couldn't find a replacement. That killed my flow completely. Stared at the half-finished mess for an hour, then just started writing blind from memory. It turned into a messy first draft but the characters felt more alive. Has anyone else had a plan fall apart and the story got better?
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jennifer20419d ago
Heard a podcast say messy drafts often capture better voices.
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elizabeths5119d ago
Oh man, that reminds me of the time I typed an entire paper drunk in college and got an A somehow.
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