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Outlining Your Novel (Helping Writers Become Authors, #1)
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OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL: MAP YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS by K.M. Weiland focuses on ways to outline without destroying creativity.
Writers are often divided into two types: plotters and pantsers, but both sides can learn from each other. Outlines don’t have to kill creativity nor take away the thrill of discovering the characters and plot. Through various tools, the writer can learn about their novel in way that doesn’t bore the person. This book also includes interviews with various authors and how they do or don’t outline.
OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL opened my eyes to various ways to outline from in-depth character interviews to brief key points. So much more goes into the best novels beyond good storytelling, and outlining can save a writer from wandering lost in the woods for a hundred pages. The author interviews honed in that every writer outlines differently. There is no one correct way to outline. Weiland often uses her own experience with outlining to show what works for her. Best of all, this book helps a writer focus on the key ingredients that need to be in a novel.
K.M. Weiland’s OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL: MAP YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS is a brilliant tool for any person wanting to learn more about the craft of writing.
Writers are often divided into two types: plotters and pantsers, but both sides can learn from each other. Outlines don’t have to kill creativity nor take away the thrill of discovering the characters and plot. Through various tools, the writer can learn about their novel in way that doesn’t bore the person. This book also includes interviews with various authors and how they do or don’t outline.
OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL opened my eyes to various ways to outline from in-depth character interviews to brief key points. So much more goes into the best novels beyond good storytelling, and outlining can save a writer from wandering lost in the woods for a hundred pages. The author interviews honed in that every writer outlines differently. There is no one correct way to outline. Weiland often uses her own experience with outlining to show what works for her. Best of all, this book helps a writer focus on the key ingredients that need to be in a novel.
K.M. Weiland’s OUTLINING YOUR NOVEL: MAP YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS is a brilliant tool for any person wanting to learn more about the craft of writing.
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Jan 09, 2014 05:33PM
Does this book work from the scene-up approach leading to chapters?
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Erika wrote: "Does this book work from the scene-up approach leading to chapters?"Hmm, it's been awhile since I read it. What I mainly remember is it's great in doing the background work for a novel: world-building and characters. There is some talk on plot, but it's more of 'think of everything that can possibly happen if you ask this question' and then weave the story from that. So to answer your question, not really.
