How to Outline My Novel Chapter by Chapter

In 25 Detailed Steps

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Pub Date 10 Nov 2019 | Archive Date 04 Jan 2020

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This book is for you! If you want a comprehensive and detailed guide on how to write a fiction novel. Chapter by chapter.

Scene by scene. For every 25 chapters, I have added cheat sheets and exercises to create a meaningful story, one step at a time.

I have also added in-depth articles with explanations based on my research and also based on reading hundreds of books, feedback from great mentors, and years studying the craft.

This book is for you! If you want a comprehensive and detailed guide on how to write a fiction novel. Chapter by chapter.

Scene by scene. For every 25 chapters, I have added cheat sheets and...


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This book is very helpful for beginners as it breaks down the writing process into good chapters and examples.
The author also provides examples of famous and beloved books to explain steps in planning and writing scenes or creating characters.
Overall I liked this book as a compendium to get quick help if needed, but I also discovered that I personally rather write freestyle.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC!

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Easy to follow, and an excellent beginner guide.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.

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This is a VERY detailed outline for plots, and as it's based on knowledge from very good books, it's a recipe for writing a good novel. Most of the books used as examples are no favorites of mine (sci-fi and fantasy) but the system works for all kinds. If every book followed this system strictly, it would of course be boring, but with a little individuality it's a very good basis.
The book is made like a textbook, including exercises, and I'm sure it will be very helpful.

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I really enjoyed this book and found it to be extremely valuable for the important outlining step of writing. This book focuses on YA writing and uses numerous popular YA fiction to demonstrate each chapters importance to the whole story. I read though it once and went back through several chapters again to review my notes. This would be an invaluable source for anyone thinking of writing YA fiction.

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A useful guide and brilliant for beginners to use to help plot their book. I found it good. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

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This is a fantastic resource!! I recently ordered a copy for my library's writing group. If you are new to outlining this is the recipe book for you!

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A really helpful guide to plotting a novel. I know that I will refer to it again and again as I am writing. Thanks to the author, Books Go Social and Netgalley for an ARC egalley.

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I received some amazing tips on writing my novel! I am glad there are books that help first time novelists.

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While I am not an author, I am a reviewer and thought this would be interesting as to how authors set up their stories and characters. I found it was informational regarding those points and she gives clear examples by using a few familiar books. She also gives a list of questions at the end of each chapter to give further information. Noted it is often referenced to books written for young adults.
If someone is interested in writing I suppose this book could be added to their armory in setting up the chapters.
I received this book as a complimentary copy for an unbiased review.The opinions expressed are my own.

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Leclerc wrote this book to learn how to "control [her] own creativity." while much of the information found in this book can be found in others, what set Leclerc's book apart is her use of concrete examples from novels and movies to illustrate her points. this is an excellent book for beginning writers.

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I was really pleased to see the amount of information within this book. It certainly tells you what to do, step by step, and when to do it. The author has also put in a LOT of work providing examples of many novels, and one day I hope to digest it all - step by step.

There were two things wrong with this book as far as I was concerned.

The first one is that it looks so ... self published. The cover looks like it was rustled up by the author and the inside doesn't seem to have had any editing done. It reads as though the author's first language wasn't English - which is great, especially when English is the only language I speak. But I do think the author should really consider paying both a jacket designer and an editor - not a proofreader, that comes later.

The second thing wrong is the actual formatting. It was inconsistent in the first place, but then the boxes and indents went all over the place. I tried to read it on both the Kindle Fire and the Kindle Paperwhite. But I'm afraid I gave up.

I won't give a poor star rating to a book I haven't read all the way through, and for that reason I won't, on this occasion, be putting my review anywhere outside of NetGalley. I'd LOVE to give the book another go once the author has polished it and paid a designer and an editor to look at it.

Thanks to NetGalley for letting me see this book, the content of which really does appeal to me.

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There is, apparently, a novel inside all of us! If you are struggling to find your inner voice this might be the kick start you need.

There are twenty five chapters to take you through the process and alongside them are cheat sheets and exercises. For example the first chapter's relates to a young adult manuscript, not something I would consider writing but the questions asked can be skewed to most genres and definitely shouldn't be ignored as irrelevant. By chapter 13 it is want vs need and, gradually, as you complete this book you also formulate a comprehensive plan for a novel which you can be pretty sure will cover most eventualities.

I was able to read a copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and the publishers in exchange for an unbiased review and would recommend it to all budding novelists especially those needing a little nudge.

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There are many guides to writing a novel. This author approaches the subject from the standpoint of investigating as many details as possible to avoid later developmental/heavy editing. While I'm less of a details person / planner myself, I still found myself nodding along with ideas I hadn't thought of before. If you *are* a planning type, I think you'll love this book.

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for a digital ARC for the purpose of an unbiased review!

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I believe this is an excellent resource for the writer planning to publish YA/. It's written conversationally with lots of practical tips. It is very structured and detail oriented - particularly applicable to beginners.
3.5
I received my copy through NetGalley under no obligation.

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Thank you to NetGalley and Books Go Social for approving my request to read and review How to Outline Your Novel by Sussu Leclerc.

As someone who has written for many years but had not written a proper outline since high school, this book was a great place to go for easy to follow instruction. The author provided a clear breakdown of how to write an outline along with examples. As a visual learner, the examples were a tremendous help.
Having an outline, regardless of how detailed it may or may not be, is an extremely useful map to follow in the writing process.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone looking to create a plan for their writing.

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This was a very detailed craft book for beginners and a resource for intermediate writers to remind them of how to organize their thoughts and write their book. I've never been able to master outlining, but this resource has given me some great ideas/considerations while planning the next book I will write.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Good, practical advice. I loved the cheat sheets and the encouragement to pay attention to detail.
Thank you for the opportunity.

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The book is made like a textbook, including exercises, and I'm sure it will be very helpful. This was a very detailed craft book for beginners and a resource for intermediate writers

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