Outlining Your Novel And Filling The Creative Well With K.M. Weiland
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
Joanna Penn
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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How can you use an outline to improve your book before you start the first draft? How can you use it to play with your creative ideas without feeling hemmed in by the process? In this interview, KM Weiland talks about how to outline your novel as well as thoughts on writer's block, filling the […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur, |
| 0:08.9 | bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing, publishing options and marketing ideas for your book. |
| 0:17.3 | You can find the episode show notes, your free author blueprint and lots more information at |
| 0:23.0 | TheCreativepen.com. And that's Penn with a double N. And here's the show. |
| 0:30.9 | Hello creatives. I'm Joanna Penn and this is episode number 510 of the podcast. And it is Friday the 2nd of October 2020 as I record this on a |
| 0:41.3 | really wet and very windy day here in Bath. So if you hear any noise outside, it's the trees. |
| 0:47.5 | I've got these lovely trees outside my window and it sounds like the ocean right now. |
| 0:51.5 | Anyway, today I'm talking to KM. Wyland about outlining your |
| 0:56.7 | novel, including tips for how to do it, your premise, how it ties into discovery writing or |
| 1:02.5 | being a pancer, but we also get into some mindset issues which are relevant for all writers, |
| 1:07.8 | regardless of your genre. So even if you're not writing a novel, you might find |
| 1:12.0 | some of this useful. Of course, outlining for norm fiction can be even more important. So Katie |
| 1:18.0 | interestingly experienced a period of writer's block and burnout and had to learn about self-care, |
| 1:25.6 | as well as figuring out the 80-20 rule for her author business. |
| 1:29.1 | So what 20% of things made 80% of the difference, basically. |
| 1:33.9 | We talk about balancing creativity and productivity and refilling the creative well, |
| 1:39.7 | writing cross genre and more. |
| 1:42.4 | Katie and I have known each other for over a decade online and we talk |
| 1:45.9 | about that too and longevity in the market. So all of that is coming up in the interview section. |
| 1:53.9 | In my personal update this week, I'm in hand edits for Tree of Life, which means the entire first draft |
| 2:00.6 | is done and I'm pretty happy with. |
| 2:02.3 | It's a very clean first draft, to be honest. And I think that's, I mean, talking about |
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