Kelli C
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K.M. Weiland:
I've read both Outlining Your Novel and Structuring Your Novel and have the corresponding workbooks just waiting to be utilized. When working through a new story idea, which workbook do you suggest going through first? Outlining or Structuring?
K.M. Weiland
Outlining Your Novel is more about brainstorming and organizing ideas. It covers broader story principles like discovering your characters and setting and figuring out your plot.
Structuring Your Novel is about the nitty-gritty of story, scene, and sentence structure.
If you plan to read both eventually, I recommend starting with Outlining, since it's more foundational--and since it leads right into Structuring. But if you're only going to read one, I recommend Structuring, since its principles are ultimately more crucial to successful storytelling.
Structuring Your Novel is about the nitty-gritty of story, scene, and sentence structure.
If you plan to read both eventually, I recommend starting with Outlining, since it's more foundational--and since it leads right into Structuring. But if you're only going to read one, I recommend Structuring, since its principles are ultimately more crucial to successful storytelling.
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K.M. Weiland:
Hello, Katie. :-) I feel like I read an affirmative on this somewhere, but I can't find it & was wondering. Are you planning on writing a book inspired by your recent series on archetypes over at your blog? Also, are you still planning a sequel to Dreamlander? Thanks, and have a happy day. ♡
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