The Importance Of Being Outlined?

I'm going to put this right out there: I don't like outlines. Yes, I understand how useful they can be. Outlines help you organize your thoughts...yada yada yada. Yes, I completely get the potential benefits of having an outline.

But, I just plain don't like 'em. When the outline smiles at me, I do not smile back. Whenever I start an outline it feels like I am locking myself in some sort of mental cage while simultaneously telling myself to 'think outside the box'.

Okay, Okay. So, for some people they really do work. And, I'll admit they have helped me organize my thoughts in the past. But this is different. This is not some essay I'm submitting to be reviewed and graded. More so, this is a free-form writing exercise, if you will. I write as I go and go as I write. This seems to work for me. No doubt, editing will help. But that will come later. Right now, it's time to enjoy this process of just writing. No editing, no proof-reading. All I need to do is just get my character from point A to point B. That's it.

For now:)

Happy writing....