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Oct 22, 2017 at 7:15pm
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James Patterson quote

I found this quote from James Patterson from an interview he did for Fast Company. It helps me a lot.
Outline Like Your Book Depends On It (Because It Does)
Iā€™m a fanatic about outlining. Itā€™s gonna make whatever youā€™re writing better, youā€™ll have fewer false starts, and youā€™ll take a shorter amount of time. I write them over and over again. You read my outline and itā€™s like reading a book; you really get the story, even though itā€™s condensed. Each chapter will have about a paragraph devoted to it. But youā€™re gonna get the scene, and youā€™re gonna get the sense of what makes the scene work.
ļ® James Patterson


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