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    How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions
    How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions
    How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions
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    How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions

    By Kylie Day

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    Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how much information and how many full-length books there are about writing? Have you ever bought several books on writing, thinking they will make you write better and/or faster, but instead you read and read and push away the time you should spend writing?

    The Busy Author’s Guide series is a series of short ebooks meant for all kinds of writers who don't have time to wade through yet another full-length book when they should be writing.

    This series will provide you with bite-sized help, inspiration, tips, and creative exercises because small steps are easier to tackle than giant leaps.

    In this book, How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions, you will find several questions you can ask yourself before you begin writing your work (whether it’s fiction or non-fiction). These questions can be used to brainstorm ideas or topics as much as to get to the essence of your work.

    Includes a free download: 12 Pre-Write Questions to Answer Before Writing your Book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKylie Day
    Release dateOct 11, 2016
    ISBN9781370152636
    How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions
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    Kylie Day

    Kylie Day is a lover of books and stories, an avid reader, and a passionate writer. Last time she counted the books in her bookshelves, she had over five hundred of them (the digital library was too extensive to count). While physical books feel magical in her hands — and smell even more magical — she prefers to buy ebooks because she doesn’t have any room for more bookshelves. If she had the money she would buy a library, just to fill it with amazing books.Her love for books is why she, as of the spring of 2015, has a BA in literature. She could never see her life progressing in any other way since that first time she picked up a book and read it with fervor as well as stuck her nose in it just to smell the magic on the pages.Now Kylie is chasing her childhood dream of becoming an author. The Busy Author’s Guide-series is a series of short ebooks that is meant to help others with the same dream.

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      How to Outline Your Book with Pre-Outline Questions - Kylie Day

      © 2015 Kylie Day

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      All rights reserved, except where otherwise noted. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including informational storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the copyright holder, except for brief quotations in a review.

      Some of the links in this e-book may be affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I may receive an affiliate commission. Please understand I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials.

      Find Kylie online at thewritingkylie.com

      I really appreciate your comments, corrections, and suggestions. You can send me a note at thewritingkylie.com/contact. Thank you!

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