SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to outline your novel

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Josh Roseman

Chris is very matter-of-fact about it — she has to do what she has to do, and if things do get changed back, he’ll never know. In the meantime, he wants to have as much time with her as he can. This touches her heart and they have sexytimes.

In this week’s column, I’m writing about outlines. The above is a bit of an outline I for a short novel I wrote a few years ago. More examples in the column.

SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to outline your novel

About Josh Roseman

Josh Roseman (not the trombonist; the other one) has been published in -- among others -- Asimov's, Escape Pod, and Evil Girlfriend Media. He's published two short-story collections, THE CLOCKWORK RUSSIAN and BOSS FIGHT, as well as a novel, AFTER THE APOCALYPSE. When not writing, he mostly complains that he's not writing. Find him online at roseplusman.com, or on Twitter @listener42.

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