Preptober and NaNoWriMo are approaching, and in this video, Mandy Lynn shares tips on preparing to write 50,000 words in a month. She discusses three outlining methods: Story Beats, Chapter by Chapter, and Scene by Scene. Additionally, she highlights three tools: the Novel Outline Planner, Campfire writing software, and traditional notebooks. Each tool offers unique features to aid in outlining and organizing your novel.
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I would love to see a video breaking down the Save the Cat Writes a Novel story beats!
As for outlining, I tend to outline each chapter, which I consider one type of creativity. The second type is when I write the actual chapter and get to fill in the small details that enrich the story. 🙂
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As a writer who doesn’t outline, this video was very well made and helpful!
‘Brainstorm’ your idea’s FIRST! Then structure them into a chapter outline.
At least, that’s what Stephen King DOES.
@Shakespere Rambula agreed! That’s something I do want to start doing though! Chapter outlining seems more easier and organized!
It absolutely is. Once I brainstorm ‘IDEAS’ and start laying them out, then it’s EASY to structure wire-tight chapters.
I lay out my idea’s (brainstorming), helps ME to better construct an ‘outline’ when structuring my chapters. Scene’s that constructively flow (make sense), moving into the NEXT.
This way, NOTHING is in disarray, and everything flows (connects).
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Ah, such a useful video, thank you! I love Save the Cat Writes a Novel, but there are certain beats in that book that are very vague with little to no guidance. A video series from you would be awesome!
After watching this video, I’ve decided to use outlining on my next Space Trade nonfiction book. Thank you!
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I’ve been working on a book series called Grace undercover book one: Hidden Hearts and am 3 chapters from finishing my very first book. I’ve prepared it a few months ago. I also have a very hard time outlining my stories. But I have a writing app called Novelist and it’s been helping me to outline my stories in one app and the other thing I like about the app is I could publish my books through the app as well