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I think I'll try the exercise before writing tip :-]
I outline by chapter also, it's a good rule of thumb, you can even use Ingermansonn's Snowflake Method as a starting point and flesh it out to a chapter-by-chapter outline. I do all that in Excel, by the time I write word one it just about flows out of the outline.
...And STILL, there are changes that happen midstream that cause me to go back and change previous chapters.
I outline as well, but I always find that about halfway through the book I have a better Idea and abandon that structure. I do need to add that the outline then becomes a list of things I need to say.
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Dec 05, 2015 05:23AM
I think I'll try the exercise before writing tip :-]
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I outline by chapter also, it's a good rule of thumb, you can even use Ingermansonn's Snowflake Method as a starting point and flesh it out to a chapter-by-chapter outline. I do all that in Excel, by the time I write word one it just about flows out of the outline. ...And STILL, there are changes that happen midstream that cause me to go back and change previous chapters.
I outline as well, but I always find that about halfway through the book I have a better Idea and abandon that structure. I do need to add that the outline then becomes a list of things I need to say.
