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Had to pick between a $150 plotter outline and writing a 5000-word novel outline by hand, chose the hand method and ended up with way more creative ideas after 3 days of scribbling.
The digital version felt too rigid and kept me from jumping between scenes, but with the paper and pen I could cross out whole chapters and doodle arrows to connect random ideas, and now I'm wondering if anyone else finds that messy planning leads to better stories than clean templates?
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robert_rodriguez663d ago
Read a study saying handwriting boosts creative flow versus typing.
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lily2303d ago
Started scribbling on my kitchen table with a stack of sticky notes and a red pen, and found the freedom to rip pages apart and tape them back together in weird shapes. Did the physical act of crossing things out and rewriting actually unlock different creative pathways for you, or was it more about the freedom from screens? Curious if you noticed a shift in how your brain worked once the ink hit the paper, or if it was just the extra time that did the trick.
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