Quote Originally Posted by Aesop
Sounds right to me. I don't post stories that don't please me. They end up in the "work on later" pile.

The outline thing always leaves me feeling trapped. My stories hardly ever end up where I thought they would. Take Ghost for example. I have no idea where that's going. I know I'll get back to it because I like it, but as to what's going to happen I don't have any better a clue than anyone who reads it. Had I written an outline the ideas in the outline would have solidified for me. I know they can be changed, but it's simply easier for me to just let the story build on its own.
That is why I use the orginal and use highliters --and scribble notes on it ---and use it as the outline---I can go back and look at each subject in the story ---where they have been ---what they might do next ---just a useful tool I have found ---not a lock on creative thought---as I scribble notes I also erase them and change them to suit things ---in my thought process