So, in school (HS and college) there was something that some professors loved to do called, “outlining”.

As in outline this chapter in this book, outline this, outline that.

I am not a fan of outlining. Well, not normally.

I have been reading this book about getting through your first novel, and there was a chapter on outlining! Guess how excited I was?

NOT SO MUCH!

Well, I actually took what the book said to do to heart, and I ended up outlining the rest of my novel earlier this afternoon. Crazy, right?

I just wrote down what I wanted to happen to lead up to where my story needs to end to connect, and then all these ideas and details and pieces of dialogue started flowing.

Let me tell you, creativity is a wonderful thing.

I also wrote some more pages today, so today was extremely productive.

I guess outlining isn’t as awful as I thought it was in school.

After getting my thoughts on paper, I actually feel rather motivated.

GO TEAM!