Lost at a desk and with a head full of ideas, the means to get your novel just right is nowhere in sight. You want it to be perfect and think that the best way to do that is to make the perfect novel outline. However, as receptions to novels
Most of the discussions on the Internet about “plotters” (writers that outline) and “pantsers” (writers that write by the seat of their pants) include an acknowledgment that authors have varied personalities, experiences, and needs. Robinson’s article discusses the different approaches that J.K. Rowling and Stephen King utilize. In contrast to the one-size-fits-all advice from NY Book Editors, Kristen
To avoid making the mistakes that I previously made, I utilized many of the suggestions from Writer’s Digest, and I constructed an outline before writing the text. Some of the choices that I made in the outline were not ideal. Making my narrator a cop seemed to make sense while
I’d like to discuss the notion of “beginning with the end in mind” in general terms before applying the concept to the writing of fiction. In my last post, I discussed writing goals, and in the process of articulating and working towards a goal, we “begin with the end in
Throughout my adult life, I’ve read through countless “goal-setting” articles on the Internet. As a high school teacher, I’ve taught the process of setting and achieving a goal many times. With this writing project, I returned to the topic and looked over a few discussions on “writing goals”. Initially, the