Outlining Your Story

Author, editor, and speaker Sharon Norris Elliott launched her business, AuthorizeMe, to help her fellow Christian authors flesh out their book ideas. Originally, she...

Author, editor, and ghostwriter Kathi Macias believes writing a book about one’s life story is a great way for seniors to leave a lasting legacy for their families....

To Outline or Not to Outline Your Novel? A large part of writing a fiction book is not so much the writing, but about learning how to take an idea and turn it into...

A plotter is an author who outlines his or her novel before he or she begins writing. These authors tend to know who their characters are and where the book is going...

Author and Agent Jamie Brenner shares thoughts on how to develop an idea into a full-blown story that people want to live in for a while. Brenner understands telling...