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

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By Amelia D. Hay. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps.

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.

So stay tuned for all of this and much more.

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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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By Amelia D. Hay. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps.

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.

So stay tuned for all of this and much more.

Podcasts, Books, and Tools Mentioned

Check Out the Show Notes

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)

Interested in the mini-course on how to outline a novel?

Am Writing Fiction Community by The Authorpreneur Podcast (Facebook Group)

Support the show by buying me a coffee

Want the podcast straight to your inbox?

My Services

Try The Formatting Wizard Book Formatting Services for FREE **

The Formatting Templates offered by my services.

Le Villain Book Covers (Affordable Premade Book Covers) **

My Books

My Short Story, the Lawn

My Novella, Missing

The Candidate

Become a Beta Reader and Start Reading Duplicity

Entitled to Murder on my blog

Entitled to Murder on Wattpad

Connect with Me on Social Media

Twitter: @WriterADHay

Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorpreneurpodcast

FB group: Am Writing Fiction Community by The Authorpreneur Podcast

Instagram: @authorpreneurpodcast

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/authorpreneurpodcast/videos

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/authoradhay

* This is an affiliate link where I receive a very small commission if you purchase this product.

** This is a service offered by me

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