Create an Outline: 4 Tips for planning your NaNoWrimo novel (or any first draft) before you begin

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The following post is a guest post from Megan of Help4Writers on Tumblr in honor of NaNoWriMo. Megan is a high school senior but has been writing for many years and loves to talk shop with other writers. Her blog has writing prompts, advice, reference and more so go on and check it out.

~Hillary

Many people dread the term "outline" when it comes to any kind of writing because they simply don't feel it's necessary to plan out what you're writing. They get their best ideas ...