Writing Excuses 7.50: Outlining the Mary Way
b'Mary has a distinctive outlining methodology, and this episode is all about it. She tells us about roadmaps, layers, thumbnails, under paintings,\\xa0synopses, and more, in the order in which those elements usually appear.
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\\nThe discussion of pacing vs. plot is particularly useful. Especially if you\'re Howard.
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\\nMary then takes us through the process of outlining a specific short story which, as of this cast, she had not yet written. Also, this episode is part of a sequence that was recorded in a different order than that in which it aired. Our bad! Here\'s the one you probably wanted to listen to first.
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