TAP037, How I Edit an Outline Before Writing the First Draft | Authorpreneur Podcast

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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TAP034, From Idea to Outline: How I Outline a Novel, Part 3 ⇢    • TAP036, From Idea to Outline: How to Outli...  

TAP034, From Idea to Outline: How I Outline a Novel, Part 2 ⇢    • TAP035, From Idea to Outline  How to Outli...  

TAP034, From Idea to Outline: How I Outline a Novel, Part 1⇢    • TAP034, From Idea to Outline  How to Outli...  

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