Alternatively, this method will work on paper, but I think if you take the time to learn yWriter, you will really enjoy using it! If you haven’t downloaded yWriter yet, you may want to do so and install it so that you may follow along. The first step is to create a writing template. And you can use this set of tools to write short stories or novels. We are going to build a set of tools that you can use to manipulate stories as you write them. yWriter gives you that set of tools and I am going to show you how to manipulate them to your advantage. So what we need now is a set of tools for creating our plan, or in this case, our story outline.

He uses special tools and knowledge to draw blueprints that a contractor will use to build your house. Generally we hire an architect who is trained in drawing plans. But how many of us are going to go out and draw our own house plans. As the construction crew works through those plans, the house takes shape.Īnd like a house, a novel needs a plan.

Those plans generally illustrate construction of a house in order from foundation to roof. It always starts with a set of plans to work from. Have you ever built a house? Or at least looked at how a house is built.

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