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Angel_Lorena26
02-20-2009, 08:01 AM
I was surfin the net looking for a example of a blank novel outline, and instead I found something alot better. It is called the novel notebook it is a step by step worksheet to writing your novel. Has anyone heard of it? I printed out part of it , and am working on it right now. It is a god send.......
bsolah
02-20-2009, 08:32 AM
Do you have the link Angel? I've never heard of it before.
Matera the Mad
02-20-2009, 08:57 AM
A . . . . . LOT
This? (http://www.scribd.com/doc/2309303/The-Novel-Notebook)
bsolah
02-20-2009, 08:58 AM
Damn, that website's blocked from my work computer. I'll have to try it at home.
Angel_Lorena26
02-20-2009, 09:01 AM
For all those ask about for the website for novelnotebook I'll look for it and post here. :)
Update
www.scribd.com/doc/2309303/the-novel-notebook (http://www.scribd.com/doc/2309303/the-novel-notebook)
DamaNegra
02-20-2009, 06:49 PM
That sounds like something that would be really useful for a second draft, not a first one.
Charlie Horse
02-20-2009, 06:52 PM
So many people seem to be searching for some magic formula to help them write a successful novel. If this works for you then great.
J C Coy
02-20-2009, 06:52 PM
Oh, that was posted by Lynn Viehl. She has wonderful things to share with other writers. I'll have to check this out.
Captshady
02-20-2009, 07:10 PM
A . . . . . LOT
This? (http://www.scribd.com/doc/2309303/The-Novel-Notebook)
Link (http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html)
vrabinec
02-20-2009, 07:39 PM
I thought this thread was about the pile of notebooks I have all over the house and my car with my notes in them. That's MY definition of a novel notebook.
tehuti88
02-20-2009, 08:27 PM
I'm puzzled. What is one supposed to do once the thing loads? I see lots of formatting and uploading tabs and stuff but...then what?
It looks a lot more complicated than just writing a story for oneself. :/
unicornjam
02-20-2009, 09:37 PM
I think you're supposed to print it out.
DamaNegra
02-20-2009, 09:51 PM
So many people seem to be searching for some magic formula to help them write a successful novel. If this works for you then great.
As I said, I guess this would work great for a second draft where you already have the story and the characters, and you need to look for details and congruence. It would certainly be good to have everything written out.
scarletpeaches
02-20-2009, 09:54 PM
Hmm. Seems to me like yet another way to waste time writing about writing a novel instead of writing a novel.
Devil Ledbetter
02-20-2009, 10:07 PM
I just browsed through that.
All character names in alphabetical order...
It seems to me that if your story is interesting enough to you, you'll be able to remember character details and anything else relevant to the story without cataloging every last thing.
wandergirl
02-20-2009, 10:14 PM
As I said, I guess this would work great for a second draft where you already have the story and the characters, and you need to look for details and congruence. It would certainly be good to have everything written out.
I agree. It's kind of a more detailed version of that Holly Lisle (http://hollylisle.com/fm/Workshops/one-pass-revision.html) revision link I posted a few days back: great for delving deeper into characters you already know and finding plot inconsistencies, that sort of thing. But to fill all that out before you've written a draft would serve more as an extra method of procrastination (for me, at least).
DMarie84
02-20-2009, 10:29 PM
I think that could be helpful for you if you hit a stumbling point. I know that for me, sometimes I have to sit back and look at the little details that aren't meshing out in the storyline. Something like this could help for instances like that.
Of course I don't think one should spend all their time filling out everything--it seems to me it's just a writer's aid. But everyone has their own way of going about working on their novel.
Alpha Echo
02-20-2009, 10:34 PM
Hm, I'll have to check it out.
sadron
02-21-2009, 12:53 PM
Very good indeed. I might try it out.
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