- We talked about various ways of building an outline, and looked at the way I was using yWrite’s scene description area. Or you can use an MSWord document, on the left the character, and on the right a phrase to describe the scene. Not more than one line to describe. The outline is fluid.
- And about the difficulty of maintaining one voice over the 15 years it is going to take to write the book. Short stories each can have their own voice.
- And about the necessity of reading Fight Club to aid in the thinking about voice.
- Our assignment is to write a six word story, e.g. Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, was “For sale: baby shoes, never used.”
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