The Joy of Outlining
My name is M Harold Page and I’m an outliner! Some creative writing forums greet this kind of statement with all the dismay of children being reminded there’s homework to do: Only writing in flow — “pantsing” — is creative! Outlining is dull, hard work and mechanistic! Etc. Etc. (Oh the angst! I am blocked again…) The “hard work” whinge just tells me people don’t know how to type. Writers type. If you can’t touch type, go learn. Touch typing…