I have recently hit the 35k word mark on the story I am writing and am finally off running. My beginning now feels complete (at least for my main characters part) and the plot is heating up. However, I do not have an overall layout of what is going to happen. I have some rather broad ideas, but I have been creating as I go. Is this a really bad idea? I am not opposed to editing and deleting parts of my story to incorporate new twists, but am I going to hit major problems by doing this? I feel like setting the plot too strictly will inhibit the free course my story is now following.
What I'm driving at is that I would like to know whether it is better to outline the full course of story first or better to let it take its own course. Any input (positive about the latter is good hehe) would be appreciated.
What I'm driving at is that I would like to know whether it is better to outline the full course of story first or better to let it take its own course. Any input (positive about the latter is good hehe) would be appreciated.