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Invisible wrote:
> Trouble is, I write the outline, start writing the body text, and then
> discover that this is actually a bad order, due to some dependency I
> hadn't thought of.
Then you stop writing and you go back and fix the outline. It means your
outline wasn't detailed enough to start with.
>>> Writing a page or two isn't too hard. (Parsec, anyone?) Writing
>>> something that's 30 pages long is another matter.
>>
>> It's the same process.
>
> Not really. I mean, if you write something that doesn't completely make
> sense until two paragraphs later, most people will accept that. If you
> write something in chapter 2 that doesn't really make sense until
> chapter 17... not good.
Memento. Inception. Any suspense movie you care to name. ;-)
I know what you mean, tho. I'm just teasing.
What you need to learn is what's called "lies to children." You give just
enough information to make chapter 2 make sense, even if that's wrong
information. Then in chapter 17, you say "remember what I told you back in
chapter 2? Well, you have to adjust it to account for this."
>>> I don't know anybody who is this patient.
>>
>> I'm happy to do it for a while, *if* you are actually interested in
>> learning and will try it the way I ask you to.
>
> OK, well we'll see...
I look forward to it. Heck, I can give you assignments, too. ;-0
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"How did he die?" "He got shot in the hand."
"That was fatal?"
"He was holding a live grenade at the time."
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