TAP037, How I Edit the Outline of a Novel Before Writing the First Draft

So, you've created an outline for your novel. And, now you're ready to start writing. Diving into writing the first draft seems like the first logical step. However, I recommend you slow down and edit the outline for your novel. I learned this lesson the hard way after publishing my first-in-series novella.

To this day, I regret not going back and editing the outline for that novel. There were minor things that were not wrapped up at the end, that I believed wrapped up rather subtly, but the reader needed more clarity around. If I had edited the outline before starting to write the first draft, I would have fixed these issues before they were issues. By the time you get to the revision stage, it's difficult to see all the errors, especially if you're a new writer, and you don't have an established team of beta readers or a critique partner who is a little more seasoned than you.

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TAP036, From Idea to Outline: How I Outline a Novel (Part 3)

TAP035, From Idea to Outline: How I Outline a Novel (Part 2)

TAP034, From Idea to Outline: How I Outline a Novel (Part 1)

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