My Favorite Novel Outline Methods & Writing Tools for Preptober

My Favorite Novel Outline Methods for Preptober // It's officially October, which means it's Preptober, when we all start to hunker down and prepare for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The goal of NaNoWriMo is of course to write a novel (50,000 words) in a month, but most writers can't just sit down and write. We need to plan. And planning means outlining our novels! In this video, I'm going to go over a couple of different outlining methods that I use, and some tips on how you can outline your novel yourself. Whether you want to outline chapter by chapter, or story beats, I've got you covered! We'll also be talking about some of my favorite writing tools, like outline planners and writing software.
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IN THIS VIDEO:
0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Outline Method: Story Beats
3:40 - Outline Method: Chapter by Chapter
4:35 - Outline Method: Scene by Scene
5:57 - Writing Tool: My Novel Outline Planner
9:18 - Writing Tool: Writing Software, Campfire
11:11 - Writing Tool: Sticky Notes
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[@MandiLynnWrites]

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[@transformersfan1232]

I would love to see a video breaking down the Save the Cat Writes a Novel story beats! As for outlining, I tend to outline each chapter, which I consider one type of creativity. The second type is when I write the actual chapter and get to fill in the small details that enrich the story. :) Congratulations on your pregnancy by the way! Hope you’re feeling okay!

[@elmiathewriter]

Ah, such a useful video, thank you! I love Save the Cat Writes a Novel, but there are certain beats in that book that are very vague with little to no guidance. A video series from you would be awesome!

[@d.c.contor]

I prefer the sticky notes method solely because I like seeing everything all at the same time....is it taking up a whole wall of my downstairs? Yes. Is it worth it? Also yes. I can see all 5 books at the same time hahaha

[@mlbullbooks]

Aside from using the three-act structure with the eight-point arc method, one of the first things I like to do when prepping for a story is mind-mapping with Gitmind, an organization brainstorming app to "brain dump" my ideas in one place, and I also like outlining on paper in a notebook. I have Scrivener, but I barely use it and just like manually using note cards for my Acts and plot points.

[@SinleyVera]

I am using My Novel Outline Planner while watching this video with your outline stickers in it too haha.

[@BloonWhisp]

After watching this video, I've decided to use outlining on my next Space Trade nonfiction book. Thank you!

[@kit888]

I'm a pantser. What little I outline, I do in a linear text file. If you want virtual/digital sticky notes, Scrivener is the original. Many other novel writing software now have it too.

[@WilliamGerace-oy9he]

I love your Videos Mandi. They help me a lot. Have a great day friend. :)

[@hannahheart1254]

I’ve been working on a book series called Grace undercover book one: Hidden Hearts and am 3 chapters from finishing my very first book. I’ve prepared it a few months ago. I also have a very hard time outlining my stories. But I have a writing app called Novelist and it’s been helping me to outline my stories in one app and the other thing I like about the app is I could publish my books through the app as well

[@courtneyfetters1989]

For me the Trellis Method by Grant Ferguson has really helped.

[@BonnieDragonKat]

If you write YA then read Save The Cat: Writes YA.

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[@MandiLynnWrites]

I did t know what. Can you give me more information?