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Hi, D.,

Thanks for posting.

Outlines vary. Mine is detailed, and can be as long as 7 or 8 single-spaced pages. It includes a short biography on each character (related to his/her importance to the story). Then it’s a matter of a short explanation of every chapter plus a description of the climax of the story, which is the point I’m writing toward right from the start. I have to know very well how my story ends before I can know how it begins, if that makes any sense.

Point: when I explain this method to people, they recoil and say it’s not fun. Basically, it isn’t fun. It’s work, and you can’t forget that part of it.

I hope I haven’t discouraged you. This is what works for me. Your method could be different, after all.

                               Good luck!                                                                   —–Gordon Korman—–