Why is the easiest, and most enjoyable, part of creative endeavors the outlining process - for me, anyway. It's just fun for me, especially when a plot weaves itself together and intersects all on its own without any effort, like it becomes this living, breathing thing. I've come to notice, as well, that thinking of fiction as a creature is a romantic way of thinking, but it absolutely makes sense. To breathe life into a character or story and have it control you and tell you where it goes next is a profound, and slightly eerie, experience. And I love it.