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A Tiny But Meaningful Update

Outlining sorcery and a surprise release on Substack.

Zane Dickens
Aug 10, 2023
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The more I write these the more I believe less is more.

Since we ( or I? It feels like a monologue at times) last spoke I’ve been on a mad outlining binge and have powered through the rest of my novel.

I absolutely loved it!

That’s right, I’m a pantser and I loved outlining.

How could this be?!

What sorcery is this?

I’ve worked out a system and framework with my AI Assistant to speed through the process so that it didn’t ever feel like work.

I hacked my own psychology by making this part fun, and I’ve done more outlining in the last week than I’ve done in my life. Victory!

I mean detailed outlines, with the POV character’s goal, their deep why and how they go about getting it. Even sensory details and world building reminders.

  • All based on what I learnt from my batch editing process.

  • All geared to improving my first drafts and reducing editing time.

Now I just need to make time to write this all up for you.

That’s it.

Just a tiny update.

Back to writing for you and for me.

Zane

PS — I finally started releasing my cyberpunk novel Slave to Memory on Substack. Why? Because my brother asked how he could read my work and I didn’t have a free and easy answer.


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Kathy K
Writes Imagine That
Aug 10Liked by Zane Dickens

Thanks for the tiny update, very encouraging. 💙

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Andrew Smith
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Aug 10Liked by Zane Dickens

I always appreciate brief peeks behind the writing curtain.

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