How To Create An Outline for Your Book
Trust me, you DO need one.
You have all the knowledge and know what you’re going to say, so why not just start writing your book?
You can! No one is stopping you!
But the first step to writing a book is putting together an outline. There are a lot of reasons why outlines are great, including having one smaller area to have all your ideas, being able to switch parts around easily, making sure it all flows, and keeping you on task.
But I have found that the best reason for starting with an outline is because you will finish your book faster.
How?
Well, putting together a specific structure for your book keeps your writing more focused. Once you start writing your book, you will inevitably come to a spot where you aren’t sure what you want to discuss next, or you accidentally went off on a tangent telling an anecdote and can’t see a good way to get back on track.
I am not trying to get you to write out detailed outlines like from middle school, with each paragraph described. I am saying to have a general book structure and main points you want to discuss.
An outline allows you to have one place where you have everything you want to say, in the order you want to say it, and reminds you…
