![]() ![]() Among other things, the book is designed to “help you choose the right type of outline for you,” “aid you in discovering your characters,” and “instruct you in how to use your outline.” Weiland promises to help authors prevent dead-end ideas and provide foreshadowing while dispelling common, crippling misconceptions of the outline in terms of fiction writing. ![]() Weiland’s goals in this book are stated clearly on the cover. An Amazon search and hundreds of ratings with an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars convinced me to give this book a try. I hadn’t found it useful then, and I still don’t. The problem was that the only thing that I knew about outlining was the old “I, II, II, A, B, C, i, ii, iii” method that I had learned in high school over two decades ago. If I had an outline, I would always know where to go next. I thought that an outline would get me on track, like a carrot on a stick. When I decided to purchase this book, which promises that “the outline is one of the most powerful weapons in a writer’s arsenal,” I was trying to rejuvenate a story that I had started to write years ago. Weiland has become one of my favorite resources for writing advice and information, and it all started when I read her book, Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success. Available in paperback, Kindle, and Audible formats. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Successġ87 pages. ![]()
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