Brandon Sanderson's 9 Step Outlining Method
Summary
TLDRCe script de vidéo présente le processus de structuration en neuf étapes de Brandon Sanderson, un outil pour améliorer l'écriture de récits. Il commence par un aperçu de l'histoire, puis explore les paramètres, les personnages principaux, secondaires et mineurs, et les types de intrigues. Sanderson insiste sur l'importance d'un dénouement retentissant et combine ensuite les différentes intrigues en une narration cohérente, permettant à l'auteur une liberté créative tout en offrant une structure globale.
Takeaways
- 📝 L'importance de la synthèse initiale : Commencer par un bref résumé du récit pour établir le ton et le concept général de l'histoire.
- 🌐 L'ampleur de l'univers : Explorer la construction de monde, la technologie, la magie, les systèmes et les cultures, en fonction du genre de l'histoire.
- 🔍 Le détail du milieu : Le milieu ne se limite pas à la géographie, mais inclut également les caractéristiques uniques des races extraterrestres ou les mystères d'une cité perdue.
- 📚 L'encyclopédie de l'univers : Sanderson utilise une section d'encyclopedia pour détailler l'univers de son histoire, y compris les secrets importants.
- 👥 L'importance des personnages : Développer les personnages principaux, secondaires et mineurs en utilisant des paragraphes pour explorer leurs désirs, leurs défauts et leurs arcs narratifs.
- 🔑 L'identification des archétypes de l'intrigue : Comprendre les différents types d'histoires qui composent l'intrigue pour maintenir une narration cohérente.
- 🏁 La fin idéale : Déterminer la meilleure façon d'achever l'histoire pour satisfaire le lecteur, en gardant à l'esprit les arcs des personnages et les types de l'intrigue.
- 📋 La préparation de l'intrigue : Utiliser des points de vue sous forme de points à coches pour connecter les débuts et les fins des différentes intrigues.
- 📚 L'organisation des arcs narratifs : Sanderson structure l'intrigue en séparant les arcs narratifs pour une meilleure organisation et compréhension.
- ✍️ L'écriture guidée : Utiliser les points de vue comme une aide pour écrire l'histoire, en les combinant et en les ajustant pour former une narration continue.
- 🛠️ L'outil d'organisation : L'approche de Sanderson offre une structure globale tout en permettant une flexibilité individuelle pour chaque chapitre, permettant ainsi une liberté créative.
Q & A
Quel est le but du processus de structuration en neuf étapes de Sanderson mentionné dans la vidéo ?
-Le but est d'améliorer la rédaction en fournissant un cadre pour développer une histoire de manière cohérente et structurée.
Pourquoi Sanderson a-t-il utilisé un exemple de son propre synopsis dans cette vidéo ?
-Pour illustrer visuellement le processus de structuration et montrer comment il s'applique à une histoire réelle.
Quel est le premier pas du processus de Sanderson et pourquoi est-il important ?
-Le premier pas est un aperçu de l'histoire. Il est important car il permet de définir le ton et de transposer l'idée générale de l'histoire du cerveau sur le papier.
Comment Sanderson aborde-t-il la question de la mise en place dans son processus de structuration ?
-La mise en place est le deuxième pas, où il explore la construction de l'univers, la technologie, la magie, les systèmes, les cultures et d'autres caractéristiques pertinentes pour l'histoire.
Quels sont les éléments clés que Sanderson mentionne pour la section de la mise en place dans son synopsis ?
-Les éléments clés incluent la planète, les villes principales, la race extraterrestre, la société et la culture humaines, l'école du protagoniste et le 'secret'.
Quelle est la différence entre les personnages principaux, secondaires et mineurs dans le processus de Sanderson ?
-Les personnages principaux reçoivent le plus de développement avec plusieurs paragraphes chacun, tandis que les secondaires et mineurs en ont respectivement moins, mais le processus reste flexible pour permettre une profondeur de développement en fonction de l'importance du personnage dans l'histoire.
Pourquoi Sanderson identifie-t-il les types de intrigues dans l'étape six de son processus ?
-Pour maintenir une narration cohérente où les différentes intrigues s'appuient mutuellement et enrichissent l'histoire globale plutôt que de se détruire les unes les autres.
Quel est le but de déterminer une conclusion idéale pour l'histoire à l'étape sept du processus de Sanderson ?
-Pour guider la construction de l'intrigue et assurer que l'histoire aboutisse à une fin satisfaisante qui laisse les lecteurs réfléchir à une histoire incroyable.
Comment Sanderson relie-t-il les différentes intrigues dans l'étape huit de son processus ?
-En utilisant des points de vue sous forme de points à coches pour chaque type d'intrigue, qui sont ensuite combinés pour former une série d'événements continus et intéressants.
Quelle est la dernière étape du processus de Sanderson et comment cela aide-t-il à structurer l'histoire finale ?
-La dernière étape est d'écrire l'histoire en utilisant les points de vue comme un guide pour combiner les différentes parties en une narration continue.
Pourquoi Sanderson considère-t-il l'élaboration de son synopsis comme un processus intégré à l'écriture plutôt qu'une étape séparée ?
-Parce que cela lui permet d'avoir une vision globale de l'histoire tout en offrant de la flexibilité pour la création de scènes individuelles, ce qui favorise une inspiration créative.
Outlines
📚 Présentation du processus d'esquisse de Sanderson
Dans le premier paragraphe, l'auteur introduit le processus d'esquisse en neuf étapes de Brandon Sanderson, expliquant comment il peut être utilisé pour améliorer l'écriture personnelle. Il mentionne l'utilisation d'un exemple d'esquisse de Sanderson de son livre 'Skyward', et avertit que des spoilers pourraient être révélés. L'objectif de cette étape est de fournir un aperçu sommaire de l'intrigue et de définir le ton et le concept général de l'histoire. L'auteur souligne que ces neuf étapes ne sont pas des commandements invariables, mais plutôt des outils à adapter au processus créatif de chacun.
🌏 Développement du cadre et de la construction de monde
Le deuxième paragraphe se concentre sur l'importance de l'élément de cadre et de la construction de monde dans l'écriture, en particulier pour les romans de fantasy. Il est décrit comme un ensemble d'informations qui peuvent inclure la technologie, la magie, les cultures, etc., qui influencent l'intrigue. Sanderson utilise cette section comme une référence et une base pour le reste de l'histoire, y incluant même des indices sur des secrets importants qui pourraient être révélés plus tard dans l'intrigue.
🎭 Découverte des personnages principaux et secondaires
Dans le troisième paragraphe, l'accent est mis sur la création des personnages, qui est un élément clé de toute histoire. Il est divisé en plusieurs étapes, allant de la description des personnages principaux, passant par les personnages secondaires, jusqu'aux personnages mineurs. Chaque catégorie de personnages est traitée avec une profondeur qui dépend de leur importance dans l'intrigue, permettant au lecteur d'explorer leurs particularités et leurs parcours.
📘 Identification des archétypes de intrigue et détermination de la fin idéale
Le quatrième paragraphe traite de la détermination des différents archétypes de intrigue qui seront utilisés dans l'histoire, ainsi que de la façon dont ces intrigues se connecteront pour former une narration cohérente. Il insiste sur l'importance de maintenir une histoire cohérente et de ne pas dilapider les ressources narratives entre les différentes intrigues. Sanderson identifie explicitement les types d'histoires qu'il raconte pour étudier d'autres exemples et créer une recette unique à partir de ces ingrédients.
📝 Établissement des points de vue et construction de l'intrigue
Dans le cinquième paragraphe, l'auteur explique comment Sanderson structure son intrigue en utilisant des points de vue distincts pour chaque type d'intrigue identifié précédemment. Chaque type d'intrigue a ses propres points de début et de fin, qui sont ensuite connectés par des points clés pour former une série d'événements cohérente. Cette méthode permet de combiner les éléments de l'histoire en une narration attrayante tout en offrant une grande liberté créative au niveau chapitre par chapitre.
📖 Écriture de l'histoire en unissant les différentes parties
Le sixième et dernier paragraphe conclut le processus en expliquant comment Sanderson écrit son histoire. Il combine les différentes intrigues identifiées dans les étapes précédentes en les réunissant pour former un récit continu. Ce processus offre une structure globale tout en permettant une flexibilité au niveau des scènes, permettant ainsi à l'auteur de maintenir une vision globale tout en ayant la liberté de créer au niveau individuel des chapitres.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Processus de cadrage en neuf étapes
💡Aperçu de l'histoire
💡Milieu
💡Personnages principaux
💡Personnages secondaires
💡Personnages mineurs
💡Archétypes de l'intrigue
💡Conclusion idéale
💡Écriture de l'histoire
💡Créativité
💡Sanderson
Highlights
Sanderson's Nine-Step Outlining Process is introduced as a method to improve writing.
The process includes an overview of the story as the first step, setting the tone and general concept.
The nine steps are tools, not infallible commands, and can be adapted to the writer's process.
Step Two involves setting, which can be extensive, especially in secondary world fantasy novels.
The setting section should read like an encyclopedia, covering all aspects of the world.
Characters are crucial, and the process dedicates three steps to detailing main, secondary, and minor characters.
Main characters receive in-depth analysis, including their flaws and arcs.
Secondary and minor characters are also important but receive less detailed treatment.
Step Six is about identifying plot archetypes, which are essential for a cohesive narrative.
Plot archetypes should build upon each other, not detract from one another.
Step Seven focuses on determining the best ending for the story, leaving a lasting impression on readers.
Step Eight involves connecting plot beginnings and ends with bullet points for each plot type.
The final step is writing the story, using bullet points as guidance to create a continuous narrative.
Sanderson's method provides structure on a macro scale while allowing flexibility on a micro scale.
Outlining is not separate from writing; it's an integral part of the creative process.
The video provides a link to Sanderson's Skyward outline and lectures for further learning.
Transcripts
in this video we'll be looking at
sanderson's nine-step outlining process
and figuring out how you can use it to
improve your own writing for a visual
example I'll be using one of sanderson's
actual outlines throughout this video If
you haven't read his book Skyward there
will be some plot points revealed so do
keep that in mind but with that out of
the way someone's texting me with that
out of the way let's get on to Step One
the first step of a Sanderson style
outline is an overview of the story this
is a brief single paragraph summary of
your plot the main purpose of this
section is to set the tone and get the
General concept of the story out of your
head and onto the paper if this outline
were an iceberg this section would be
just the very tip after you find your
footing here we'll dive much deeper to
discover the actual foundations of your
story very quickly though before we get
to step two I want to clarify something
you should not view these nine steps as
a set of infallible commands that you
must follow if you want to write well
you do not have to use every one of
these sections and you definitely don't
have to use them in the order I'm
providing them this is just another set
of tools for you to use in the way that
best suits your creative process anyway
on to step two step two is setting and
this can be a big one depending on the
type of story you're writing if you're
writing a secondary World fantasy novel
like Brandon Sanderson often does then
this section is probably going to be
massive if you're writing a modern
romance set in a small town then this
section will still be helpful but you
probably won't need to dive quite as
deep this is where you're going to start
exploring worldbuilding technology magic
systems cultures and any other features
of your setting that's going to play
into your story to give you an idea of
what we're putting here Sanderson says
that in his case this section reads like
an encyclopedia keep in mind that
setting doesn't just mean physical
features or geography if your story
features an alien race dive deeper into
what makes them unique if there's a
mysterious lost city in your novel this
is the section where you'd fill in the
details of how that City went missing
what you write in this section does not
have to make an explicit appearance in
your novel this is a tool for you to use
as both a reference and also a sort of
foundation for the rest of your story in
sanderson's case when outlining Skyward
he made headings for the following in
the settings section the planet the
story takes place on the main cities on
that planet the alien race featured in
the story the human society and culture
the school that the protagonist attends
and also a very mysterious heading that
simply reads the
secret the secret is a section that you
should consider having in your own
outline especially if you have a big
twist hidden somewhere in your world
building for example if you're writing a
Sci-Fi novel where the sun inexplicably
turns off one day this is the section
where you would explain why the sun
turned off and if you are writing that
story you should let me know because I
want to know why the sun turned off that
seems bad that seems like a serious
situation right along with previous
heading Sanderson also explains the
technology and certain mechanics
important to his story in this case the
dog fighting mechanics and an outline of
the tech available to the different
Societies in this story finally at the
end of the setting section he includes a
word on art design and also Societies in
the real world analogous to those in his
story now that we're done with setting
we need to write a nice big heading for
character obviously characters are very
important to telling a story so this
section is going to be pretty large so
large in fact that it takes up three of
the nine steps to writing a Sanderson
style outline first come the main
characters each main character gets
their own heading along with a few
paragraphs diving deeper into the
details who are they what do they want
and what Journey will we be following
them on throughout your story Sanderson
writes two to five paragraphs about each
main character describing who they are
along with diving into what their flaw
and character arcs are this is the
section to explore what makes your
characters interesting what makes them
worth having an entire story about where
are they at where do they want to be and
what part of who they are is preventing
them from bridging that Gap how to write
compelling characters is unfortunately
beyond the purview of this particular
video but it is a topic I plan on diving
deeper into in the future so be sure to
subscribe so you don't miss that once
you've covered the main characters the
next two steps should be a breeze first
list your secondary characters these are
characters that are still important to
the story just not quite as important as
the main cast Sanderson as I said before
typically writes three to five
paragraphs for each of his main
characters but only two to three for
each of his secondary characters I will
reemphasize though these are not rules
set in stone if you want to write a lot
about your secondary characters if
there's a particular character that
falls into this category that you just
can't contain yourself about that's
awesome just write until you don't want
to write anymore it's really as simple
as it is the these are just guidelines
not rules guidelines you know
like the speed limit no I'm kidding not
like the speed limit that's a rule
that's a rule
rule here guideline guideline here the
next step is minor characters this is
very similar to how we handle the main
and secondary cast they're just another
rung down when it comes to importance
Sanderson typically only writes a
paragraph or two about this Bunch but
you can write as little or as much as
you like now step six this is different
because we're not actually writing
anything down for this step it's more of
a preparation step before we can build
our actual plot we need to determine
what plot archetypes we'll be using
stories don't just have one plot they
have multiple plots which hopefully come
together to form a cohesive narrative
it's common in fantasy for example to
have your Heroes saving the world that's
the a plot while also falling in love
that's the B plot you can have a plots B
plots C plots you can use the whole
alphabet if you want the trick is to
maintain a story that's cohesive adding
a new plot line should not siphon
resources away from another they should
build upon each other resulting in a
story that's greater than the sum of its
parts to put it more succinctly before
we can tell our story we need to know
what types of stories we're telling
that's all step sixes in the fantasy
book I just talked about for example
your two plots would be saving the world
and falling in love Sanderson likes to
explicitly identify which types of
stories he's telling so he can study
other occurrences of them for a fantasy
Save the World plot you could look to
Lord of the Rings for inspiration for a
fantasy romance sub plot you could look
at most fantasy books probably if we're
being completely honest but misbourne is
a good more concrete example Sanderson
loves to act as a sort of a chef with
his books grabbing ingredients from
other similar stories and combining into
his own unique recipe that's why when
outlining he identifies his plot types
first identifying what type of story
he's telling early gives him ample
opportunity to explore what makes that
type of story great once you have your
plot archetypes in mind it's time to
answer a difficult but important
question question what is the best way
to bring these plots to a satisfying
conclusion basically at the moment we
know where our character begins because
of steps 1 through five and we have a
vague idea of what kind of Journey
they're going on thanks to step six now
we need to determine with this character
in this setting under these
circumstances what is the best way this
story can end and I don't mean best as
in happy I mean best as in what will
leave your readers thinking that was an
incredible story Sanderson puts a lot of
emphasis in finding an amazing ending
very very early in the process this
tells him what sort of promises to make
early in the story and what sort of
progress will be satisfying given this
conclusion after you found that
conclusion you can move on to step eight
disconnected plots so we haven't
actually wrote anything since the
character section this has been one big
mental puzzle now it is time to get the
pen back to paper we have a beginning we
have an end now we need to connect the
dots with the actual meat and potatoes
of the story Sanderson doesn't just
summarize the entire story when
outlining he splits the plot section
into different headings for each
different plot typee remember on step
six when we determine which archetypes
would make up our story well now each of
those types gets its own heading in the
plot section under these headings write
one bullet point explaining the
beginning of the plot and one bullet
point explaining the ending step eight
is filling that Gap adding additional
bullet points until they form a
continuous interesting series of events
this is when the real work of plotting
your story comes into play you should
have a great Foundation to work off of
since we've spent the previous steps
building the characters and setting of
your story even with that being the case
though it'll probably still be a
challenge to combine these elements into
a compelling narrative if you need
guidance when it comes to plotting there
are numerous resources at your disposal
look into save the cat the threea
structure and the hero's journey as a
start I plan on making videos on all of
those topics in the future but what
you're watching right now is actually my
first video ever so I sadly can't
recommend my own videos for your further
research if you're watching in the
future though first off hi happy to see
that we're still uh being humans and
care about stories and stuff in the
future that's nice but also check out my
other videos they're probably out by now
you could learn a lot once we do finish
up plotting what this step leaves us
with is a collection of disconnected
plots one set of bullet points for your
a story one set of bullet points for
your B and one set for each of the rest
these separate outlines prepare us for
the final and most important step step
nine writing your story now I know what
you're thinking how am I supposed to
write my story I have like three or four
separate outlines here instead of the
one that I need well this might be the
most interesting part about how Brandon
Sanderson outlines his stories he
outlines the plots separately then grabs
bullet points from each plot combining
them into chapters like they pieces to
the overall puzzle that is his novel
writing The Stormlight Archive books for
example he outlines each point of view
separately then as he goes through each
chapter he picks from the bullet points
using them like tasks on a to-do list in
this chapter I need to do this for
kaladan Z Arc this for Shalon B Arc this
for adeline's Arc in the next chapter I
need to do this for dalinar's a Arc this
for Nani's bar Etc often authors
complain that too much planning can
stifle inspiration when actually writing
on the other hand not enough planning
can lead to an unorganized short-sighted
mess of a plot sanderson's method
provides the best of both worlds in a
way it giv structure on a macro story
wide scale so you can still see the
overall Vision it also gives flexibility
on a micro scene level scale so you
still have creative freedom on a chapter
to chapter basis it's important to note
that for Sanderson outlining is not a
separate process from writing itself
you'll notice in the Skyward outline
that the bullet points form one
continuous story instead of the smaller
separate stories we talked about in this
video that's because we're seeing the in
product that's what an outline looks
like after he's combined the plots after
he's finished writing the story don't
take my word for it Sanderson leaves a
note at the top of the outline
explaining exactly this I often plot my
books by focusing on certain plot themes
like mystery or a relationship you won't
see much of that in this outline because
once I had all of the subplots and
themed outlined I join them together
into a cohesive outline in order at the
bottom you can imagine that all of these
bullet points were once under separate
headings then merged together in order
and tweaked to read as a narrative so to
sum it all up sanderson's nine-step
outlining process is as follows first
write a short overview of your story
second expand on your setting and World
building third fourth and fifth write
about your main characters secondary
characters and minor characters
respectively sixth identify what plot
types and plot progress will be featured
in your story seventh decide what an
ideal ending to your story looks like
eighth for each plot type in your story
connect the beginnings and ends with
bullet points ninth using your bullet
points as guidance write your story and
join your distinct Parts into a single
continuous narrative I hope this video
was helpful and applicable to your own
writing you can find the link to the
Skyward outline I referen throughout
this video in the description along with
a link to the lectures that much of this
information came from be sure to
subscribe if you'd like to learn more
about writing and storytelling and like
the video if you found it helpful
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