Basic Outlines

Outlines

Ultra Basic Outline

Basic Outline

Detailed Outline

Ultra Detailed Outline

These outlines do not have transitional reactions or character decisions mapped out. This is great for those authors who like to know where they’re going, but want to figure out how and why on their own.  

Basic outlines are great for those who need a little more guidance than an ultra-basic outline but still need flexibility to move. A lot of times, our basic authors are those who were once pantzers and still have that pantzing instinct.

Outline Extras

$300

Novella

Basic

  • Max 16 chapters

  • Chapter-by-chapter breakout

  • 2-3 plot, character, romance, and/or setting points per chapter

$340

Novel

Basic

  • Max 20 chapters

  • Chapter-by-chapter breakout

  • 2-3 plot, character, romance, and/or setting points per chapter

$450

Novel +

Basic

  • Max 30 chapters

  • Chapter-by-chapter breakout

  • 2-3 plot, character, romance, and/or setting points per chapter

Example

CHAPTER 1 — STASIS / HOLE HEART A (Heroine)

  • Plot: Jenna is forced to return to her hometown for a month while preparing for a high-stakes corporate case.

  • Character: Jenna insists she doesn’t need love and hides behind her workaholic lawyer lifestyle.

  • Romance: Jenna believes relationships only distract from success, but she’s really heartbroken by Jake, who still has her heart.

  • Setting: The chapter begins in Jenna’s high-pressure corporate law office before she returns to her small hometown.

CHAPTER 2 — HOLE HEART B (Hero)

  • Plot: Jake prepares his ranch for the busy spring season while hearing the news that Jenna is returning to town.

  • Character: Jake has never fully gotten over Jenna leaving years ago.

  • Romance: Jake is frustrated and hurt at the thought of seeing Jenna again, even though it’s his fault. He knew she was going to be someone big someday, but only if she left. So, he pushed her away for her own good.

  • Setting: The chapter takes place on Jake’s family ranch just outside their small hometown.

CHAPTER 3 — TRIGGER / MEET CUTE

  • Plot: Jenna arrives in town and runs into Jake at the local sandwich shop.

  • Character: Both struggle to keep their emotions under control after years apart.

  • Romance: Attraction and unresolved tension flare between them immediately, but so does the hurt. She throws it in his face that he betrayed her - “caught” him cheating with someone else.

  • Setting: The encounter happens in a familiar small-town sandwich shop where locals gather.