Lecture 01: Introduction
My notes on Brandon Sanderson 2020 Creative Writing Lectures at BYU
two general types of writer
- gardener/discovery writer - likes to explore and write without a plan, see where it goes linearly
- outliner - makes a detailed plan for the entire book , then writes linearly in small scoped sections
Generally, outliners will spend 70% (i made this up idk) of the time planning and then write the whole book in a massive sprint at the end
Gardeners on the other hand will write consistently everyday churning through the book sequentially.
Hybrids can exist, notably: outliners acts as gardeners in smaller scopes when writing the sections they have planned