How to Plot Your Novel: Outlining for Authors Made Easy
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Struggling to outline your novel? Discover a simple, 9-step system for creating powerful plots that will hook readers and keep them engaged in your story! Are you a new author planning your first novel, but don’t know where to start? Perhaps you’re an experienced author who’s hit a story snag, and can’t figure out how to get past it? Maybe you need to sell more books, and you’re worried your plot isn’t pulling its weight? Packed to the brim with useful tips and examples from fiction, How to Plot Your Novel introduces you to 9 Key Story Beats that will help you pen punchy plots that hook readers and keep them flipping pages into the early hours. In How to Plot Your Novel, you’ll discover: - Why mapping out your key story beats ahead of time is important - How to hook readers into your story from the first sentence - Why you should destroy your main character’s everyday world - How to avoid a “saggy middle” and keep readers engaged - How to end your novel with a show-stopping showdown readers will remember - And more… How to Plot Your Novel is the tool you need to plan a compelling plot and keep readers engaged in your stories. If you like practical advice, real-world examples, and a sprinkling of cheeky humour in your writing guides, then you’ll love this powerful book for creating plots guaranteed to delight readers. Scroll up and click buy now to plot your novel today!
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Absolute disclaimer - I am a discovery writer!
Loud and proud.
All day long.
I have looked at plotting. I've tried different methods of plotting. Read articles and advice. I really have tried and nothing's worked. It's always frustrated the living bananas out of me when I do sit down to try to make plot notes and get thoroughly distracted by ideas and end up writing new ideas and scenes.
Needless to say, I was mildly apprehensive to read another book about the bane of my writing existence.
I was more than pleasantly surprised.
The book takes great pains to not demonise those of us who shudder when asked to provide an outline before diving into our imaginary worlds. It takes a beautifully balanced and considerate approach, offering simple questions that help to prompt you to consider things like character, setting, emotional wounds.
While I cannot say that I am a plotting convert, I can say that there is information in this book that is incredibly helpful to anyone who wants to make at least some sense of the ideas that demand to become stories.
As with all instructional guides, it encourages you to take what works, use it, adapt it if necessary, and put aside what hasn't worked for you.
It really is, ‘outlining for authors made easy,' and more importantly, non-judgemental.
(I received an advance copy from the author. This is my honest review).
