I'm getting ready to start Nano, so I've been snatching up tips about outlining that seem to make sense and help me. You might have heard of them all before, but I was encouraged to share.

The Snowflake Method...I'm pretty sure this has its own thread. What I found the most useful from it is have a list of scenes on excel. Also, it goes really well with the next part.

Story Structure Series(link)...10 part article series that talks about have major plot points in your novel. I write the main points in another column next to the list of scenes on excel.

Brainstorming in Word...For whatever I'm writing I generally write down any and all ideas I have in Word. After that I start asking myself questions. Why is this character doing this? What happened before? Who is this guy's best friend? I keep the questions in bold until I've answered them. Some I won't be able to answer until later, so I just leave it bold for a while.

Hope that helps. If you have any questions, I can try to help more.

Wow, Symph, that's great. I like how in-depth your planning is. I'll definitely implement those when I start outlining my next series.

Thanks! Cool. I hope it is useful to you.

Thanks for sharing, Symphony! I'll keep these in mind and try to apply them. I think I'll need them a lot this NaNo, and for the rest of the books I'll be writing.

Thanks! I'll review those methods.
The link doesn't work though. It comes up page not found.

Thanks for letting me know. I fixed it (I think)

I've looked at the Snowflake method, but I've never used it.

I do the brainstorming though, except in a notebook, and the asking of questions.

Thank you for posting so I can put it to use!

Do you prefer to write by hand as well, or just with brainstorming?

you're welcome.

Only in brainstorming. I never learned cursive, so printing gets tedious after about ten pages.

Ah. I find cursive even more tedious than printing, but that's just me. I don't do it enough, though. I'm not shocked, I just like that face.

I don't know cursive, so I couldn't really tell. FOr the actual drafts, I always type them.

(It is a cool face.)

It does, here