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Build an outstanding outline every time!
Fool Proof Outline can help anyone quickly go from idea to first draft. How?
- By elaborating parts of a story that matter most to you and your readers
- By offering an organizational system that keeps your head clutter-free
- By taking the fear and frustration out of writing
Fool Proof Outline is filled with just the right amount of brainstorming prompts, both challenging you to engage readers emotionally and propelling your novel toward completion. Character, plot, and scene questionnaires are also included to keep you focused one step at a time.
Even the most seasoned writer will appreciate Fool Proof Outline, yet it offers an ease-of-use that will benefit writers of every level.
Here's the link to the Fool Proof Outline in both Scrivener and Excel: https://foolproofoutline.wordpress.com/audio-book-links
If you've been considering Scrivener, this is a wonderful place to start!
You'll also get access to the Fool Proof Outline's online site, where you can ask questions and share your success. No registration necessary.
The Fool Proof Outline is the result of an incredible evolution far beyond my earlier outline template, The Ultimate Novel Template. Those familiar with that early version will shout with joy at the improvements. I do!
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- Sergio M. Bustamante
- 09-19-19
good content if you can look past painful narrator
very good tools especially for first time writers, yet it has, hands down, the worst ever performance. Snob wouldn't even cut it. I had to buy the digital printed version, it was that bad.
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- Evan Williams
- 11-02-21
Helpful book for first drafts
Helpful book. The narrator is a little stiff, but nothing horrible like another review said. The book has some good info in a very easy to read format. looking forward to using this process soon.
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- MeanDog 669
- 06-14-19
Another good find.
Not bad I say to me , lot of informative information to feed my thought process as I strongly continue my studies of the craft and art to being a hummm? halfway decent writer, telling and sharing entertain clear storys of my own.
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Why do some stories work and others don't? The answer is structure. In this IPPY and NIEA Award-winning guide from the author of the bestselling Outlining Your Novel, you will discover the universal underpinnings that guarantee powerful plot and character arcs. An understanding of proper story and scene structure will help you to not only perfectly time your story's major events, but will also provide you with an unerring standard to use in evaluating your novel's pacing and progression.
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23
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How many times have you gone through something and said “I could write a book about this!”? Now is the time to stop doubting and start planning! Just as every great meal starts with a recipe, every epic novel starts with an epic outline. But is an outline really necessary? Can’t you just wing it? Isn’t all that time on an outline better spent on actually writing? And doesn’t an outline just pour water on that spark of creativity? That’s what you may have heard…until now! Writing is like The Hare and the Tortoise. Slow and steady will always beat quick and careless.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this!!
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Outline Your Novel will help any writer take their story from concept to a finished draft. Outline Your Novel teaches you how structure works and how to use that structure to make and follow an outline.
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Are you writing a novel, but having trouble getting your first draft written? You've heard of "outlining," but that sounds too rigid for you. You've heard of "organic writing," but that seems a bit squishy to you. Take a look at the wildly popular Snowflake Method - a battle-tested series of 10 steps that jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story. All around the world, novelists are using the Snowflake Method right now to ignite their imaginations and get their first drafts down on paper. In this book, you'll follow the story of a fictitious novelist as she learns to tap into the amazing power of the Snowflake Method. Almost magically, she finds her story growing from a simple idea into a deep and powerful novel. And she finds her novel changing her - turning her into a stronger, more courageous person.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Are you stuck trying to write a novel? This audiobook goes straight to the point, putting theory in plain language, adding examples from blockbuster stories, and finishing each section with exercises designed to help you work with your characters to write a novel that excites you and your readers.
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Very Helpful Outlines & Bonus Material
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