Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Helping Writers Become Authors)

Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success (Helping Writers Become Authors)

<h2>Acclaim for <i>Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success</i></h2> <p>€œNot into outlining? Then someone did not demonstrate it for you the way Weiland has in her book. If you can make a quick trip grocery list, you can outline your next manuscript to benefit your process, using Weiland€s guide.€€"Leslie Hultgren</p> <p>€œ€¦this is one of the few writing craft books I have read start to finish, was easy to apply to my writing immediately, and helped me follow through on my first draft.€€"F. Colley</p> <p>€œMs. Weiland presents a wonderful roadmap for writing while still encouraging you to take those sidetrips that will make your story better. I feel like I can walk the €˜high wire€ of my imagination because I have the safety net of my outline below it all.€€"D. Hargan</p> <h2>About the Book</h2> <p>Let outlines help you write a better book!</p> <p>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. <i>Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success</i> will: </p> <ul><li>Help you choose the right type of outline for you</li> <li>Guide you in brainstorming plot ideas</li> <li>Aid you in discovering your characters</li> <li>Show you how to structure your scenes</li> <li>Explain how to format your finished outline</li> <li>Instruct you in how to use your outline</li> <li>Reveal the benefits:</li> <ul><li>Ensures cohesion and balance</li> <li>Prevents dead-end ideas</li> <li>Provides foreshadowing</li> <li>Offers assurance and motivation</li></ul> <li>Dispel misconceptions:</li> <ul><li>Requires formal formatting</li> <li>Limits creativity</li> <li>Robs the joy of discovery</li> <li>Takes too much time</li></ul></ul> <h2>More Praise for <i>Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success</i></h2> <p>€œ€¦this book has revolutionized the way I think about plotting and outlining and, after months of wishing I could find the €˜joy of writing€ again, I finally have it.€€"Ashley March</p> <p>€œEach chapter deals with a specific topic and builds a clear idea of the task ahead, and as a great plus every chapter ends with an interview with a published author, explaining how they work their outlines and their personal methods.€€"Marcus J. Pinto</p> <p>€œ€¦a brilliant tool for any person wanting to learn more about the craft of writing.€€"Cherie Reich</p>