It’s the hot and fast energy to get the words out of your body that will drive you to the laptop, but then you’ll hit a road bump like, what would my character be wearing? Or what would be playing on the radio in the car on this road trip?

Outlines and Timelines are useful tools for plotters, planners, and other type A writers.

Foundational documents are the baseline, off-the-page information I must know about my novels’ community, characters, and time frame with which the story takes place.