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Pros
In a world awash in how to writing books, weiland's book is a stand-out. Weiland breaks down every part of a novel outline, including developing the plot and theme of the story and building believable character arcs. This is the first book i've read f... Read More
M weiland's outlining your novel is a guide to outlining a novel. There is a workbook as well that can help you outline your novel using all that she covers in this book. Weiland explains the two types of outliner and pantser.
These lists make it easy to locate useful (or missing) steps in putting together one’s own custom planning method. Blessings and honor to you k. Very quick shipping as well.
Cons
While solid enough hits in their day not exactly timeless classics that are familiar to all and not exactly paragons of structure either. Of all the things this book harps on about, outlining isn't one of them!
It's counterproductive to fill your head with empty calories. It's the literary equivalent of drinking gravel. Then why use it as your example for god sakes? Lots of shoulds and very little substance.
She hits a lot of useful points but the presentation is dull. Crucial elements are often elided over. Her examples don't succeed in giving the reader a strong sense of how impactful the concepts she uses are.
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Quality
The step by step guidance was top notch and easy to understand and apply
The workbook guides you step by step through the process to a comprehensive and practical outline making it possible to complet... Read More
I realize she has a workbook but even that is a rehash of this book along with printed lines to fill in
Grab more than one highlighter there are no wasted words on these pages
Price
It has been extremely helpful and a bargain to boot
Well worth the very cheap price of this book to get your story back on track
Shipping
The book arrived ahead of schedule and the condition was exactly as advertised
Competitiveness
I especially appreciate weiland’s extensive use of lists which makes it easy to follow processes and examples within chapters
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- This product had a total of 2,527 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 3 2024.
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Sometimes we all need refreshers in certain aspects of craft especially when writing difficult novels
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But no one seems to cut to the chase as well as k
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But there are few that you really look forward to returning to
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The headers are grayscale not 100 black
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Otherwise the book is well structure
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While it is important to understand your characters what makes them tick where their drama lies and where they are going
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I do not think it is necessary to ask them 100 questions
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