Thinking about those factors early in the process, and then incorporating them into an outline at the start of the project, allows you to process your needs more quickly, increasing your efficiency and opening up your creative brain earlier in the process, rather than focusing on logistics later. In some ways, outlining for D&D adventures is more valuable than for other types of writing, because adventures can look very different from one another based on several design factors. I thought I was saving time by not planning ahead, by not creating an outline, but I actually was wasting so much time haphazardly and inefficiently doing the work of outlining without even realizing I was doing an outline.Ĭreating D&D adventures is no different from other writing projects in that aspect: an outline is invaluable. The lesson I’ve learned over the years, slowly and often painfully, is that although I wasn’t actively creating outlines before I started writing, I was passively outlining as I wrote, usually at the expense of many drafts of a project-and far too many wasted words. Years later, I’m now older (and still foolish)-but I’m less foolish about the power and utility of outlines and planning. My “brilliance” could carry me forward without any need for pesky planning! Outlines were something that other people needed.
When I was young and foolish, I’d brag about not needing outlines for my writing projects. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures
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