*nodsnods* I should mention, BTW, that the outlining was totally freeform, not "well i want Spike to do this, well I want Buffy to do that." We started with a goal -- what do we want this episode to establish in the ongoing story arc, what mood are we going for, what villain of the week haven't we used yet -- then a rough plot outline, and then a scene by scene, all with very fluid back and forth. Like kids playing pretend -- how about this? No, how about this?

I'd LOVE to be able--when I get to some concept that I know I can't write without pages and pages of verbose explanation--to just hand it off to someone else and say, here, do this part.

Totally. I got so spoiled being able to put [insert fight scene here] and then have buffybot choreograph a lovely battle with her fierce kung fu movie recall skillz.