WIP Wednesday!
Dec. 3rd, 2025 09:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittkestraThe snails'-pace grind on the outlining continues!
I have made it through part of "Part 5" of the snowflake outline. This task is to summarize the storyline from each character's perspective. I have currently done two of the three main characters, and also plan to do a shorter one for the main antagonist.
This section was one I was dragging my feet on a little bit initially. The creator of the method says it's one of his favorite steps, but I was preemptively frustrated because it felt like such a retread of the steps I had just done. Step three was character summaries, and step four was an expanded plot summary.
...Turns out I have really enjoyed this part. It *should* feel like I just did this, between working out the character motivations and expanding the plot beats... but it genuinely *has* been a different task. I feel like I unlocked a couple character aspects and interiority that I hadn't understood as well before this, and it already feels like a couple puzzle pieces fitting together better than I'd expected. We'll see if it lasts!
Gold and Silver - write down as many of the initial ideas/intentions/tone as I can
Fanfic Project 1 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Rescue - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Fanfic Project 2 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Gold and Silver - do an official outline of the project [I AM HERE]
Fanfic Project 1 - do an official outline of the project
Rescue - do an official outline of the project
Gold and Silver - create a shareable introduction to the project
Gold and Silver - first draft time!
Fanfic Project 1 - create a shareable introduction to the project
Fanfic Project 1 - first draft (of part one) time!
I have made it through part of "Part 5" of the snowflake outline. This task is to summarize the storyline from each character's perspective. I have currently done two of the three main characters, and also plan to do a shorter one for the main antagonist.
This section was one I was dragging my feet on a little bit initially. The creator of the method says it's one of his favorite steps, but I was preemptively frustrated because it felt like such a retread of the steps I had just done. Step three was character summaries, and step four was an expanded plot summary.
...Turns out I have really enjoyed this part. It *should* feel like I just did this, between working out the character motivations and expanding the plot beats... but it genuinely *has* been a different task. I feel like I unlocked a couple character aspects and interiority that I hadn't understood as well before this, and it already feels like a couple puzzle pieces fitting together better than I'd expected. We'll see if it lasts!
Fanfic Project 1 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Rescue - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Fanfic Project 2 - write down my current ideas/intentions/tone
Gold and Silver - do an official outline of the project [I AM HERE]
Fanfic Project 1 - do an official outline of the project
Rescue - do an official outline of the project
Gold and Silver - create a shareable introduction to the project
Gold and Silver - first draft time!
Fanfic Project 1 - create a shareable introduction to the project
Fanfic Project 1 - first draft (of part one) time!
