A Tiny But Meaningful Update

Outlining sorcery and a surprise release on Substack.

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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