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
‣ 40-minute Writing Reverse Outlines Like a Pro video
‣ PDF of slides
‣ Reverse outline template download
‣ Bonus! Recommended Craft Books Reading list
Meet Jeni
✓ Independent book editor with more than thirteen years experience and a lifetime of word nerdiness.
✓ Edited a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction in all age groups and had the pleasure of working with thousands of authors from all over the world, including bestselling and award-winning authors.
✓ Creator of Writers’ Craft Room, a monthly membership community where writers get instruction on everything from plot to character development.
✓ Founding editor of Revise and Resub’s #RevPit, a yearly contest where writers can win a free full developmental edit.