Too Much Outlining

     Is there such a thing?
     Outlining. Some authors do it. Some do not. Are you a pantser or a plotter? As I have told you before, I am a bit of both. There are some authors who do not plot at all and just let the creativity flow. Some say that they do not have time for creativity. Now Richelle Mean I know has every one of her books and series plotted down to pretty much every detail. George R. R. Martin does not to much plotting at all. I love both of their works and I think the way they have chosen works for them.
     My question for today is, is there such a thing as too much planning?
     I believe there can be.
     I am currently working on finishing my third book. Now for all three of these books I have had notes on which I draw from to know where to go or what dialogue I want a character to have and so forth. In all three cases I have used these notes and they have served me well. Now, depending on the book and how long I have had to think about it and mull over it, the more or less notes I have. The book I am currently working on have taken me forever. I swear I have been working on this book almost a year and a half.
     Now, I really love this story. I think it is one of my best so far. However, I am beginning to feel like because I know exactly what is going to happen until the end, I don't want to write it and that is why it is taking me forever. I feel like my creativity, although that is what got me the story and how it will happen, has been staunched and all I have left to do is to write the story how I already have it planned. I obviously know that that does not necessarily have to happen, but nonetheless that is how I feel. I do love the way I have it planned out and I plan to stick with that, however, I feel like because I have it so planned out, that is why it is taking me forever to write. I'm sure I'm just repeating myself and you may be lost, but that is how I feel.
     So maybe yes, there is such a thing as too much outlining. Notes are a good thing and outlining is a good thing, but don't stifle your creativity.