PFDW#5: F.Paul Wilson talks about the Art of Outlining.

F.Paul Wilson is the bestselling author of science fiction and
Horror. He is one of my all-time favorite writers, and since I
read The Keep in the 8th grade I have been a devoted fan.


This is NOT an interview. In 2017 when this was recorded I was
preparing to teach a class on writing horror novels at the
Horrible imaginings Film Fest here in San Diego. My part of the
class was about writing outlines for plot and structure. I had
taken a class on the subject with F. Paul Wilson at the
Borderlands Writers Boot Camp but that was not the only reason I
wanted to talk with him.


Marvel has the  MCU and Wilson has The Secret History.
 It spans almost three-book series, a trilogy, and several
stand-alone novels and Short Stories. Starting in his novels
 Black Wind and The Keep (on my top ten horror novels of all
time list)  and ends in the novel Night World. That one book
is the sixth novel of one series (Adversary Cycle) and fifteenth
of another series(Repairman Jack). I read the whole secret
history as it was in 2012, and it is one of my all-time favorite
reading experiences. It is the most insanely interweaving saga
constructed in fiction that I have ever seen. Equal to or even
surpassing King's Dark Tower when you talk about a single author
interweaving most of their work. He is at it again with a new
addition to Adversary Cycle in 2020 called Signalz. (Check out
his new interview on the Horror  Show With Brian Keene for
details on that book)


So this not an interview, just an open discussion about plotting.
Note the book Paul was working on was The God Gene, and he talks
about changes he was making the day this was recorded. Enjoy.


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