How To Outline A Novel

The Snowflake Method-ten battle-tested steps that jump-start your creativity and help you quickly map out your story.

Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford shares his secrets for creating killer plots, fleshing out your first ideas, crafting compelling characters, and staying sane in the process. Read the guide that New York Times bestselling author Ransom Riggs called "The best how-to-write-a-novel book I've read."

This bestselling guide will help you choose the right type of outline to unleash your creativity as a writer, guide you in brainstorming plot ideas, and aid you in discovering your characters.

Storytelling isn’t complicated. We’ll prove it to you. Do you have an amazing idea for a novel but you struggle to get words on the page? Maybe the problem isn’t writer’s block. Maybe you need a writing process. Publishing veterans and bestselling authors Zach Bohannon and J. Thorn share their proven system for developing a plan that will bridge the gap between a collection of random notes and a cohesive first draft. This comprehensive book will teach you the foundations of fiction: Plot, Structure, Genre, Theme, Character, and World. Discover: Why you need a system to finish a first draft whether you plot or pants What Aristotle said about storytelling thousands of years ago that still applies today How studying Star Wars can make you a better writer What some of the most prolific authors believe about the craft How all stories can be reduced to three components Which archetypes create a more engaging reader experience How the Hero’s Journey is alike and different than the Virgin’s Promise Why you should cast your characters like a movie producer Developed over 10 years and applied on millions of words of fiction, Thorn and Bohannon will show you how to layer your approach and build a fantastic story from the ground up. No more staring at a blinking cursor when you sit down to write! Become a master storyteller today. Three Story Method will transform you from a struggling writer into a career author. Downloadable worksheet and full list of resources included! Get it now!

When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she has nothing left to be happy about. But when her grandparents place an ad in the local newspaper looking for a typist to help Tessa continue writing and blogging, an unlikely answer knocks at their door: Weston Ludovico, a boy her age with bright eyes, an optimistic smile...and no legs. Knowing how angry and afraid Tessa is feeling, Weston thinks he can help her. But he has one condition -- no one can tell Tessa about his disability. And because she can't see him, she treats him with contempt: screaming at him to get out of her house and never come back. But for Weston, it's the most amazing feeling: to be treated like a normal person, not just a sob story. So he comes back. Again and again and again. Tessa spurns Weston's "obnoxious optimism", convinced that he has no idea what she's going through. But Weston knows exactly how she feels and reaches into her darkness to show her that there is more than one way to experience the world. As Tessa grows closer to Weston, she finds it harder and harder to imagine life without him -- and Weston can't imagine life without her. But he still hasn't told her the truth, and when Tessa's sight returns he'll have to make the hardest decision of his life: vanish from Tessa's world...or overcome his fear of being seen. 100 Days of Sunlight is a poignant and heartfelt novel by author Abbie Emmons. If you like sweet contemporary romance and strong family themes then you'll love this touching story of hope, healing, and getting back up when life knocks you down.

With more than a hundred published novels and more than seventeen million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith knows how to outline. And he knows how to write a novel without an outline. In this WMG Writer's Guide, Dean takes you step-by-step through the process of writing without an outline and explains why not having an outline boosts your creative voice and keeps you more interested in your writing. Want to enjoy your writing more and entertain yourself? Then toss away your outline and Write into the Dark.

Do you want to be a writer? But don't know where to start? Or have a great story to tell but struggle to put it in the framework of a novel? If so, then this book can be a great way to start your journey to becoming a published author. By implementing the steps described in this book you can create an amazing outline for your novel in no time. We will also deal with the potential outlining pitfalls, and how you can conquer them with ease. Writing a fiction novel can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have to be. By creating a novel writing road map, that is a simple outline of your book. You can make your work easier. If you are keen on writing your novel. Then this book can make your first step easier, and save you a ton of time as well. What are you waiting for? Your story won't be told unless you tell it.

*** VOTED #1 PLOTTING TOOL by WritesWithTools.com *** Say Good-Bye to Half-Finished Drafts (Or Half-Finished Outlines!) Does this scenario ring a bell? When you started to write your novel or screenplay, the words and ideas flowed freely. But then...they slowed to a trickle. What happens next? How to take your characters from A to B? You didn't know. You ran out of steam. Net result: you wrote thousands of words that went nowhere. Your story notebook had to be abandoned. *ouch* Happily, it doesn't have to be this way. Imagine Your Writing Life Without the Frustration of False Starts You can avoid getting stranded in the middle of outlining a story (plotters) or writing it (pantsers). Instead of getting stuck, you can keep your story moving. Instead of watching weeks go by, with nothing being written, you can watch your word count grow in leaps and bounds. Instead of panicking at the sight of the blank page, you can bask in the glow of typing THE END. How? By doing some simple prep work in advance. This writing guide will show you what to do, step by step. Here's an overview of the path you'll take to make writing fun again... In Part I, You'll Vet Your Story Idea... Not all ideas are worth the time it takes to marinate on or outline them--let alone finish a draft based on them. That's why you'll develop your story idea first, to make sure it has the 6 components that all compelling stories share. This way, you'll know it has enough: substance to sustain a full-length draft appeal to attract an audience to it In Part II, You'll Build Your Story's Structure... This is where you'll shape your idea into a well-plotted story, with structural markers to write toward. (Think of it like creating your own novel outline template or script outline template.) Now, you won't get stuck. You'll know where you're headed; you'll have purpose and direction when you write. Are you a pantser? Good news! There's still plenty of story left to discover. You can stay close to your characters and "pants away" between each structural signpost--while knowing your story won't end...well, in a dead end. Are you a plotter? Then continue on... In Part III, You'll Generate ALL the Plot Points in Your Story (Plotters Only)... As a plotter, when you sit down to write, you want to know exactly what you're going to write about because this: makes writing less stressful for you helps you maximize your writing time That's why, when plotting a story, you need to know what happens between each structural turning point. That's what you'll figure out now. You'll use a radical new outlining method to plot out your entire story in as little as 2 hours. Psst: It incorporates a simple technique Stanford researchers have concluded can make you 60% more creative (on average). After You Read This Writing Guide, You'll Never Look at Outlining a Novel or Screenplay Outlines the Same Way Again No matter your writing style, you'll know how to make outlining work for you. You'll know how to put together a story--without getting lost, without getting frustrated. Consequently, during your writing sessions, the words will continue to flow freely. You'll hammer them out on your keyboard like you're Thor. *grin* Are You Ready to Unleash the Power of Outlining...And Finish a Draft Without Freaking Out? Scroll up, buy Sizzling Story Outlines now, and learn how to outline a novel or screenplay today! "If you want a proven nuts-and-bolts method to get your stories told, trust this guide." ~ Ronald Drescher, screenwriter of THE INVENTORS, a ScreenCraft Quarterfinalist