There are two types of writers (thank you google for that information). There are the architects who outline and detail everything before they start the story or until they have a story. The other type is the gardener, who just start writing and let the story grow, like a seed. But chances are anyone reading this already knows that.
During my research I found the lectures of Brandon Sanderson on YouTube and found a third type: the Hybrid! I originally considered myself firmly an architect, but then Brandon was explaining how he architects everything, except his characters, those he lets grow with the story. I don't think he used the word "hybrid", so that's totally mine, I'm copyrighting that awesomeness.
Anyways, that combination of the two types is close to how I prefer two structure things. I outline the hell out of everything, I could probably outline myself right into a complete novel without meaning to. I also create a character sheet for the majority of my characters of basic details. The character sheet look is obviously influenced from my Shadowrun/AD&D RPG days. From there I just flesh them out as it goes.
I've mostly completed my outline and began a draft. Right now I'm just working on getting all the scenes down from the outline, no dialogue or in-depth descriptions except when I think of something noteworthy to toss in to work in later. Once I get it all down, I will go back and flesh everything out.
When I take a break from outlining or writing, I have been working on a logo for the blog and content. So I dug up a few OLD stories I wrote in a another life time. I will be working to transfer those to the computer and get them uploaded for viewing (by the 4-6 people who stop by and for which I am of course grateful).
Until the next update!!
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