Writing Reverse Outlines Like a Pro | A reverse outline is a powerful tool that allows novelists to boil plot and character arc down to the basics and make it easy to analyze a story’s big-picture elements. In this workshop, editor Jeni Chappelle teaches you to create a reverse outline for your novel with the method she uses for her developmental editing and coaching clients, plus how to use it for issues with:
- Plot and conflict
- Character arc
- Agency
- Pacing
- Structure problems
Includes 40-minute Writing Reverse Outlines Like a Pro video, PDF of slides, and reverse outline template plus a bonus Recommended Craft Books Reading list.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 4 Lessons
- 40 Minutes
- Reverse Outlines WorkshopComplete the lessons in order.4
Instructor
Jeni Chappelle is an independent editor and writing instructor. She has helped more than two hundred books into the world with major publishers, small presses, and indie authors, including bestselling and award-winning authors. A late-diagnosed AuDHD eldest daughter/former gifted kid, Jeni has been called a word wizard and a book doula but considers herself a hobbit (minus the hairy feet) and lives in NC with her family and way too many pets: two dogs, seven cats, and an aquatic turtle.
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