Quote Originally Posted by submissivewife
OK, I am here! I made it to Level 3. Happy now?

Oulines? hell, if I used an outline that would just frustrate me. When I write I go from my head and the story develops as I write. I free write as some would say.

Never thought of highlighting. I have written notes on the first draft. Will have to try the highlighting idea.
This method is fine for a short story --but if you ever hope to write a story with multi chapters like some on the story page with 140+ chapters ---you would have to have a super memory ----Of course I can not claim that kind of writing ---best I have acheived is 80+ chapters and that was a book that was published

there is nothing wrong with short stories but even going for that I still print out my work go over it with the highliter---then make the changes I want to make before I submit it ---

I find sometimes I see better ways of saying something ---shorten long drawn out sentences ---or get more detailed in places that need it.

do I take alot of time with my writing ---not too much for a short story but I do tend to take my time on a story that I plan to have published ---I have taken as much as a year and a half to publish a 80+ chapter book.

So it is according to what level of writing you wish to acheive ---if you want to stick to short stories ---or go on to publish a book