
A reverse outline is a powerful tool that allows novelists to boil plot and character arc down to the basics and make it easy to analyze a story’s big-picture elements. In this workshop, editor Jeni Chappelle teaches you to create a reverse outline for your novel with the method she uses for her developmental editing and coaching clients, plus how to use it for issues with:
✓ Plot and conflict
✓ Character arc
✓ Agency
✓ Pacing
✓ Structure problems
‣ 40-minute Writing Reverse Outlines Like a Pro video
‣ PDF of slides
‣ Reverse outline template download
‣ Bonus! Recommended Craft Books Reading list
Meet Jeni
✓ Independent book editor with more than thirteen years experience and a lifetime of word nerdiness.
✓ Edited a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction in all age groups and had the pleasure of working with thousands of authors from all over the world, including bestselling and award-winning authors.
✓ Creator of Writers’ Craft Room, a monthly membership community where writers get instruction on everything from plot to character development.
✓ Founding editor of Revise and Resub’s #RevPit, a yearly contest where writers can win a free full developmental edit.

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• Query template
• Synopsis template
• Flexible beat sheet
• Filler and filter word list
You’ll also get clear, concrete insights on the market, craft, querying, and revision to help committed novelists decide what to do next, based on my work with thousands of manuscripts and writers just like you.
Practical tools. Market-aware insight. Clear next steps.
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