Louise Claire Johnson

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Ch. 28 | From Idea to Outline: How to Plan Your Book

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Ch 28 | From Idea to Outline: How to Plan Your Book Louise Johnson

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In today's chapter, I'm sharing how to take your amazing book idea and create an outline. It’s one thing to have a starting point, it’s something else entirely getting to the finish line.

Whether you're a plotter, a pantser or a hybrid of both, an outline will act as your daily roadmap with the milestones you want to hit (the big scenes) and the highways/roads in-between en route to the final destination (when you can type "The End").

I use good old fashioned pen and paper as well as digital outlines (index cards, sticky-notes, my white wall, binders, scrivener and excel spreadsheets).

Hopefully, sharing my method will at least motivate you to go from idea to outline in whichever format you choose!

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