Ophiucha
Auror
I guess the way I look at it is if I have something like "he's going to get deported if he doesn't have a job", it takes away from what I want to focus on, what makes me care at all about this story: him and his life at his job (well, him and his life as a werewolf, really). I feel as though if I add in something about the threat of deportation, it's going to feel very... tossed in at the last minute, for the sake of it. If I make it the focus of my story, then I won't be writing the story I love, and really, I'll probably just bin it after a draft.
Oh, and I don't have any real problem with outlining. I just can't outline what isn't there yet. I always have to do this - eventually I come up with something that can linger safely in the background, accent the characters nicely without making me write about it in much detail, that supports the story enough, and I get by with it.
Oh, and I don't have any real problem with outlining. I just can't outline what isn't there yet. I always have to do this - eventually I come up with something that can linger safely in the background, accent the characters nicely without making me write about it in much detail, that supports the story enough, and I get by with it.