Groundwork: Outline Done (And Man Do I Wish It Was Part of the Wordcount)

624 word key-word outline for the novel is done - and, yes, if this counted towards the 50k goal I would have used a paragraph outline and probably reached 5,000 words easily (not including the character profiles and mini-time-line).

I wish I could just jump straight into a novel; but after the experience of having to scrap 100,000+ words because I just could not make the ending work, I think I've developed a phobia to outline-less writing.