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An outline can be written as a
summary of major events or chapter
by chapter.
How should you write a good outline?
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Visit the literary agent’s website for
submission guidelines and type of outline to provide.
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The novel
outline tells
exactly what
happens in the story.
Don’t dramatize
or leave it as a
mystery for a literary agent or
editor.
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Start by writing a
summary of what
happens in the
beginning,
middle, and
end of each
chapter of your
novel.
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Ask yourself these questions…
• In the
beginning...
What is my
lead
character’s
problem to
solve?
• In the end... How does the lead character
eventually solve the problem?
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• In the middle... What obstacles do I
foresee keeping her from solving the
problem?
Develop more details from the summary. And remember, an outline is not cast in stone; add scenes, take out those that don’t work, or
rearrange scenes for more impact.
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If you construct an outline as you write the
novel, it is a
a great tool for keeping track of
details.
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