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Outlining Your Novel

Map Your Way to Success

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Outlining Your Novel

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 Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing

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My first novel I wrote as a pantser. My subsequent books, a blend of plot vs flying by the seat of my pants. A lot of the things the author covers, I’m already doing, but this book is well presented, logical and interesting. It certainly contains some good organisational tips.

Worthwhile read!

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Lots of valuable insights. Would highly recommend it. Looking forward to getting into the series

Great book

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Really great information! Going to give it another listen whilst I outline my first book, hopefully with persistence and guidance like yours I can make it a personal success. Thank you for the insights

JDMT

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This has been great, it's really helped me put my thoughts in order and get going with my novel.

What other book might you compare Outlining Your Novel to, and why?

Not sure, I've read loads of writing books but this was the most practical and helpful.

Have you listened to any of Sonja Field’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Nope - but would listen to another one

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I'd had the time I would have.

Any additional comments?

It's a really encouraging read with lots of tips and ideas. A must for all would be novelists.

So Useful

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An informative look at outlining, the different forms and levels, how to's and personal accounts.

I've found it very useful for considering how I want to approach my next project, the proof will be in the pudding in regards to the method, but how the method is communicated is rate it as very good writing and and very good narrating.

Helping shape the kind of writer you want to be

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Very helpful. This book provides a good foundation for those starting out. I wish I had read it before writing the first draft of my first work.

Wish had read this before ...

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Some great ideas in here but would’ve preferred a more diluted version of these for more practical use. She uses long examples from her own books’ plots (which I haven’t read) and so i was usually completely lost for those parts. Also all the authors that she interviewed tended to say more or less the same thing so was tedious by the end- more variation would’ve been nice

Some useful bits, some not useful bits

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As someone who has struggled with their outlining, I found this very useful and learnt a lot from it.

Helpful

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Very inspiring stuff! it has helped me get more organised as a writer which will be invaluable.

5 stars!

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I bought this as both an ebook and audio book. There are some practice tasks and tips that help from having it in both formats.
I took other reviews advice and sped up the narration speed just slightly.
I've now listened to all of this author's books on writing as well as many more by other authors. I'd say Weiland goes in to the most useful level of detail breaking down the process in a manageable way.
Not having studied writing I've found these books to be a gold mine and have made the idea of writing a novel manageable and a lot less daunting.

must read!

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