Take 30 Minutes to Fix Your Novel

After reading “Outline your Novel in Thirty Minutes” by Alicia Rasley in the Article of the Month blog, I realized my current outline was basically useless. No wonder my writing had been stalled! Applying this exercise to my work-in-progress created a new outline that is basic, but also concrete, coherent, specific, and ten times better.

Nine important questions cover key points that most writers know are essential to story building, but I found the way Rasleyorders these points helps form a...