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Outlining Your Novel

Map Your Way to Success

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Outlining Your Novel

Written by: K. M. Weiland
Narrated by: Sonja Field
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Let outlines help you write a better book!

Writers often look upon outlines with fear and trembling. But when properly understood and correctly wielded, the outline is one of the most powerful weapons in a writer's arsenal. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success will:

  • Help you choose the right type of outline for you
  • Guide you in brainstorming plot ideas
  • Aid you in discovering your characters
  • Show you how to structure your scenes
  • Explain how to format your finished outline
  • Instruct you in how to use your outline

      • Reveal the benefits:

      • Ensures cohesion and balance
      • Prevents dead-end ideas
      • Provides foreshadowing
      • Offers assurance and motivation

      Dispel misconceptions:

      • Requires formal formatting
      • Limits creativity
      • Robs the joy of discovery
      • Takes too much time

©2011 K. M. Weiland (P)2014 K. M. Weiland Writing, Research & Publishing Guides
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This book is exactly what I needed to help me organize the complex ideas I have into a workable and cohesive plot outline. I have always struggled pantsing and consider myself to be a a plotter. This book has inspired an outline so complete that I will consider it a first draft. If I spend my time here now, the savings on revision time will be substantial. That said, a more pared down version will be helpful to even the most stalwart of pantsers.

Indispensable

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I purchased this book after author Dan Brown (The DaVinci Code) recommended it in his Masterclass. Weiland has some great guiding questions for getting started and then gets into more concepts/questions for writers who want to create more detailed outlines. I also appreciate the inclusion of the common errors beginning writers tend to make, and suggestions for how to avoid them. The references for additional supporting resources available online are invaluable. I opted to purchase a digital copy of the supporting workbook after listening to this audio. My only wish is that a supporting pdf file was available to help navigate Outlining Your Novel as the audiobook is the kind of resource I will want to revisit in sections as I work through my outline.

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