Outlining Your Book: Book Outlining Tips for Beginners

00:00 Introduction of Book Outlining
3:27 Why outlining is important:
3:35 *It makes it way easier on you to get a book done
4:34 *Helps to have thoughts organized in one place
5:13 *Helps to ensure you won’t miss important topics
7:23 *It’s good to start with the big picture and then complete the whole
11:56 *Break it into chapters
13:59 *For nonfiction, a chapter should include one main idea or point you’d like to get across that relates to the whole
14:28 Tips to making a good outline:
14:31 *Get all of your thoughts out, but keep it organized
18:30 *Brainstorm with a friend or someone who is familiar with your subject matter
21:25 *Research! Use research tools to make you are hitting good topics
23:53 Useful research tools: Udemy, Amazon, Quora, or Reddit
26:00 Looking up course topics and figuring out what my audience/potential audience are looking for and how can I speak to them?
28:51 *Really dive in, but keep it brief too (Avoid 20 page outlines that are hard to follow and reorganize)
29:53 Tools for outlining
*Experiment to find what works for you
*Good ol’ fashioned pen and paper
32:42 *Jordan uses Trello for book outlining
38:33 *Google Docs allows sharing and real-time feedback, even on outlines
40:56 Closing Thoughts: What do you think of outlining? Have you tried outlining? What strategies work best for you?

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This week, on live #39, we’re bringing you some insightful tips to help with outlining your book. 😎

We want to help you go from concept to creation. It’s not always easy organizing everything needed to write your book, but the good news is, it doesn’t have to be hard. 👍

With the tips we’ll share, creating your book outline will no longer be the daunting process you’ve been dreading.

You don’t want to miss this one if you:

💡 Have a great idea for a book but aren’t sure how to break it down.
💡 Don’t know what tools exist for the outline process.
💡 Are ready to get what’s in your head down on paper.

Enjoy, and please let us know any questions! We'd be happy to address them.

-Rob and the Archangel Ink team

Further resources:

1) Archangel Ink Free Self Publishing Series: https://archangelink.com/intro/

2) Get a Great Book Cover: https://archangelink.com/book-covers/

3) How to Get Book Reviews: The Ultimate Manifesto: https://archangelink.com/how-to-get-book-reviews-the-ultimate-manifesto/

4) The Updated Audiobook Manifesto: Your Audiobook Production Questions Answered: https://archangelink.com/audiobook-production-questions-answered/

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