Day Twenty-One~Something you know you do differently than most people

There are several things in my life that I know I do differently than most people. Most of them are life style choices, and a few of them aren't. The most obvious one though, the one I do the most often, and that the rest of my family talks about is how I outline my stories.

I know what you must be thinking. What could I possibly be doing that makes outlining my stories so different than how the rest of the world does it. I will tell you.

Instead of just writing down the outline, or write down character sketches, (which for my are just as impotent as an outline,) I talk about it. I usually pick a character, and talk to him about what should happen to the story that he is in. I usually pace and move a lot as I do this, even if the character and I are having a calm discussion, I have been known to jump around. This not only helps me better visualise the story, and get to know the character better, (not really as if he is a person, I simply add to his personality and firm it up a bit,) but it is quicker, and more fun than writing it all down.