Sailor Moon | "Moonrise 5"

Sailor Moon | "Moonrise 5"

I love characters that think they can't allow themselves to love or be loved

just to have someone stride into their life to turn that concept upside down

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Tabatha's Guide to Outlining

So you’ve got your characters down, generally, and now it’s time for your outline!

That is, if you’re pretty much totally swinging towards the former in the architect vs. gardener theory, like me. It’s tough being a fastidious plotter. There seems to be a lot of romance surrounding the gardener half - it feels more creative and artistic, but that isn’t true. There is beauty in assembling before the fact! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! I’m going to try to bring some of that out.

Disclaimer: I don’t think my method will work totally definitively for anyone but me, because basically what I’ve done over the years to get an outlining method I’m most comfortable with is take my favorite parts of different outlining methods and sort of just combine them all. However, I hope that this guide will push you in the right direction, and help you develop your own personal perfect outlining method. (Also: this guide was made with novels in mind, but you can tweak it to fit other types of narrative, too.)

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