One Outline to Rule Them All (Even if You Hate Outlining): Blueprint for a Book Step 8

<em>Writing is, sadly, not like reading.</em><br/><br/>Plenty of writers, including all of us on this episode, write a few hundred thousand words before we figure that out. Because in some ways, writing words about characters you&#8217;ve invented is easy. They go for coffee! They banter! And writing words about your non-fiction topic of choice, or the hike you took in the Sierra Nevadas&#8212;same same.<br/><br/>It&#8217;s writing the right words, in the right order, that&#8217;s the challenge.<br/><br/>DAMN IT.<br/><br/>In this episode, we introduce our favorite not-an-outline-if-you-hate-outlining but yeah ok let&#8217;s talk about that tool: the Inside Outline for fiction and the Outcome Outline for nonfiction.&#160;Long detailed outlines not for you? You&#8217;re golden&#8212;this demands the fewest possible words describing every scene or event that drives the reader through the book (Hello, Step 7, how we missed you). <br/><br/>Love a long detailed outline? Get ready to boil that down to its essence before you build it back up. Here&#8217;s the thing: this is supposed to be hard. It should feel impossible. <br/><br/>Because you can&#8217;t write everything. You have to choose.<br/><br/>This is the eighth episode in the 10-part Blueprint for a Book Series. Start with <a target="_blank" href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/322-find-your-why-blueprint-for-a">Step 1</a>, do the work (we&#8217;ll give you an assignment every week), and in 10 weeks, you&#8217;ll have a solid foundation for a first draft or revision of your project that will help you push through to &#8220;the end&#8221;. Find details on the challenge <a target="_blank" href="https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwritingblueprintchallenge">HERE</a>.<br/><br/><strong>YOUR ASSIGNMENT</strong><br/><br/><strong>Fiction and Narrative Memoir:</strong><br/><br/>Download the Inside Outline worksheet <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Spo2VVo4C850MqTS-9eGMXIjcNYUKwKx/edit?usp=sharing&#38;ouid=108141849704907170761&#38;rtpof=true&