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Boy, am I happy! I was expecting my Three Weeks novel outline to be completed by Sunday evening. I thought I’d be busy all weekend with it. Instead, I finished it up today. Actually, it was all written up yesterday, but today I went back over everything, filled in holes, adjusted the order of some of the relationships, etc. for better flow.

So it’s finished, and in just 9 DAYS! That includes the 78-page full outline, the abbreviated outline laid out in “scene card” format with 17 pages (actually 5″ x 8″ note cards), 16 full character sketches, character notes for more minor characters, some very minor research (this didn’t need much at all), and my setting sketches / notes.

I’m glad I didn’t follow the Book in a Month 30-day plan, and instead just used some of the resources in it to find my own way. I suppose I’m most happy that I’m getting so comfortable with the outlining process.

Now that I have three finished novel outlines sitting here, I suppose it’s soon going to be time to get on some drafting. However, I’m going to take a few weeks off from these novels for now. I want to do minor notes on my other book ideas, work on my non-fiction book interviews quite a bit, and finally get this Web Writer’s Guide e-book finished.

Related posts:

1. Three Weeks – Novel Outline – Day 3
2. Three Weeks Novel Outline – An Early Finish?
3. Three Weeks – Novel Outline – Day 1
4. Three Weeks – Novel Outline – Day 2 and Plan Deviations
5. Novel Writing – Days 16 – 24

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Jenn is a professional blogger and freelance business writer. She has worked as a freelance writer since 1999, and has been an active business and niche blogger since 2004. She owns All Freelance Writing as well as several other sites and blogs covering PR, small business, and related topic areas. She is also currently writing a nonfiction book for freelance writers called The Query-Free Freelancer, and is the author of the Web Writer's Guide e-book series.

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TAGS: 3 weeks, fiction, novel outlines, novels