Writing tips for fiction authors who hate outlines
Hate outlines? I know many authors do, because I often get questions about outlining fiction. It’s a real challenge for many writers, and I sympathize. Way back when I started writing fiction in the 1970s I hated outlines with a passion.
That was way before Amazon and ebooks, so if I wanted to sell my novels to publishers, I had to outline. When I whined about it my literary agent at the time told me: “just write an outline. It’s a sales tool — you don’t have to follow it.”
Outline fiction YOUR way
That was the best advice I’ve ever received: you don’t have to follow your outline. Here’s why: your outline is just a way to make your novel real to you. In traditional publishing, it helps you to get a publishing contract.
