Ok, my bubble popped and I'm back down to earth. But isn't there an objective aspect though? Like with outlining, structuring, plot and characters. You speak of this in your book Outlining your novel. It seems that you have discovered an objective means for you to streamline or unleash your creativity. Left brain story proficiency or outlining?

K.M. Weiland Yes, there definitely *is* an objective aspect to many of things, and we can use a checklist for things such as story structure and character arcs.

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I've read both Outlining Your Novel and Structuring Your Novel and have the corresponding workbooks just waiting to be utilized. When working through a new story idea, which workbook do you suggest going through first? Outlining or Structuring?

H.S. Kylian asked K.M. Weiland:

You're working on another writing craft book, right? I can't remember what it was about though; something to do with characters?

Akshaya Sutrave asked K.M. Weiland:

Can you suggest any tips for young writers (like teens or preteens, etc)? I've read almost all your blog posts and they're so interesting!

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I've read both Outlining Your Novel and Structuring Your Novel and have the corresponding workbooks just waiting to be utilized. When working through a new story idea, which workbook do you suggest going through first? Outlining or Structuring?

You're working on another writing craft book, right? I can't remember what it was about though; something to do with characters?

Can you suggest any tips for young writers (like teens or preteens, etc)? I've read almost all your blog posts and they're so interesting!

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