Word! For me, the rough draft is the one where I tell the story to myself. Revisions and edits are where I turn it into telling the story to the audience.
I usually have the ending planned way ahead of time... it's beginnings I can't figure out for the life of me, and that usually aren't solidified till the final draft. I've had endings for almost every story planned out in explicit details months, sometimes even years before ever even sitting down to write.
Oh, my endings are often planned out ahead of time, absolutely. And beginnings are, well, where you begin.
It's when you get to the end, and look at the path you've created, the beginning often makes more sense and has more depth in light of your destination than it did in outline form.
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Date: 2007-11-08 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-08 03:58 pm (UTC)Simple ≠ easy!
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Date: 2007-11-08 03:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-08 05:27 pm (UTC)But then, I'm weird.
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Date: 2007-11-08 05:38 pm (UTC)It's when you get to the end, and look at the path you've created, the beginning often makes more sense and has more depth in light of your destination than it did in outline form.
Or did I just confuse the clarity?
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Date: 2007-11-08 06:17 pm (UTC)(Oh look, it's a bobble-head NewroticGirl!)
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Date: 2007-11-08 07:45 pm (UTC)