I don't know if you would consider this as "extra" work or doing the process backwards, but what I tend to end up doing with a novel first is to write a few pages of bulleted notes of everything I want to happen in the story (or logically, what needs to happen)--this usually also generates ideas of its own--and then once I have that all out in front of me I start rearranging things into a chronological outline (also adding and tossing out along the way).
What I write initially also gives me a pretty good idea of what kind of book I want it to be.
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Date: 2006-01-11 03:12 pm (UTC)What I write initially also gives me a pretty good idea of what kind of book I want it to be.