He kept telling everyone that attention to detail and working out every aspect of the story/novel/screenplay had to be done before a single line could be written. That's for people who have very rigid organized ways of doing things. Does anybody know a successful writer or artist like that? I've often heard writers say that their books were changed as they started writing what the characters were doing and thinking. It wasn't a planned direction for the book, but it took writing it to more fully flesh out the characters. If somebody took the time to fully write down all the details of a work before starting it, they'd probably never start it. It would seem that it's far more productive to tackle the project and get as much of it done as possible because it's often necessary to start walking down the path to see where it leads. Spending too much time preparing to walk will only delay starting. I know, when I write, that I can build the framework of what I want to say in my mind, but until I start putting words down, I tend to get stuck on refining the same things. Once the words come out on paper or the screen or whatever, my mind starts processing what should be said next. Just getting the words out starts forming new thoughts and connections that didn't exist till I got that far. I cannot imagine not doing anything till everything has been laid out in exhausting detail. That's how to build a house, not a work of art.

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