Working on the outline…

I’m working on the outline of my new novel, TRAVELER.  Very carefully, I’m allowing a few trusted friends to look at what I’m doing to give feedback. Here are some of the things I am examining:

Overall plot. Is it exciting, engaging, different? Characters. Are there at least three characters you’ve never seen before, or at least never seen in this combination? Thematics.  Can you “feel” the core thematic threads working through the different sequences?   Do they trigger an emotional reaction...