Back in 2005 I interviewed Steve Martin for a Creative Screenwriting magazine article and asked if he outlines.
Here’s what he said:
“I never use notecards and never outline. I just open up Final Draft and make notes on the page to remember things. But I might make notes for a year or two before I start to write something.
On Bowfinger, I thought about it for 10 years before I started writing it.
I like the idea of just sitting down and starting and having vague ideas. Sometimes vague ideas create very original, surprising ideas.”