Outlining Your Story

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  • Structuring Your Story - article

    At some point, you have to think about how to handle your story’s structure. The way I did that was to use an index card software program that allowed me to create index...
    Bob Martin
    • Bob Martin
  • Writing Tips for a Solid First Draft - video

    These days, writers typically work with just one draft of their manuscript, which puts more pressure on the first draft to be as complete as possible. Screenwriter...
    Art Holcomb
    • Art Holcomb
  • Do the Thinking First - podcast

    Do you outline? R.L. Stine, a National Bestselling Children’s author with over 350 million books sold, tells us that he knows everyone dislikes outlining… including...
    R.L. Stine
    • R.L. Stine
  • Do the Thinking First - video

    Do you outline? R.L. Stine, a National Bestselling Children’s author with over 350 million books sold, tells us that he knows everyone dislikes outlining… including...
    R.L. Stine
    • R.L. Stine
  • Writing with Efficiency - podcast

    Liza Palmer, bestselling author of More Like Her, A Field Guide for Burying Your Parents, offers a surprising tip for how novelists can learn to structure stories. She...
    Liza Palmer
    • Liza Palmer