Outlining Your Novel Workbook [Download]

3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars | 45 ratings

Price: 40

Last update: 01-07-2025


About this item

Outline – Create a story with a solid Three-Act plot structure and perfect scene structure.
Premise – Easy fill-in-the-blanks give you a perfect elevator pitch every time.
General Sketches – Brainstorm the big picture of your scene list, character arcs, and theme.
Character – Get to know your characters with an extensive character interview, featuring 100+ questions.
Settings – Keep track of your settings, explore your best options, and answer helpful world-building questions.

Top reviews from the United States

  • Firechamp
    3.0 out of 5 stars Too much and not enough
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017
    It has a lot of good features, but it gives you no control over what you want to see versus not see. For example, the character list pulls in a couple of components from the detailed character pages, but if you wanted to see how a specific characteristic is different across the characters, you can't build your own columns. There are pages and pages of things you can do to build out your character. But if you choose to answer some but not all, you are left with blank pages. Difficult to visualize all the components. I thought I would like it better, but it gives me more of a disjointed rather than organized feeling. It has too many options, but not enough, at the same time.
  • Jacob paniagua
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... reviews but I have to say this is an awesome program! I'm finding my groove and really utilizing ...
    Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2018
    I don't really do reviews but I have to say this is an awesome program! I'm finding my groove and really utilizing a lot of the features. This does have a TON of features that really help the creative process flow. I have all the books that go along with this program and I'm loving this collection. If I get stuck I have a wealth of resources to turn to. Being new to writing this program really helps me feel as if I have a personal teacher helping me along the way. I even believe it may help writer's block because the windows, questions, help features all culminate together to really pinpoint where you've stopped and where you need to pick up. The program gives you guidance and a place to aim for when tackling the outline. I do have one problem with this but I didn't want to take away a star because I feel like someday they may sort this out, but there is NO UNDO when you hit the trash can! if there is, someone please tell me. I haven't made the mistake of deleting anything I wanted to keep but I'm very careful when writing with this. There is an undo when you backspace too much but when you hit a trash can symbol, BOOM, gone. Imagine outlining something and losing a huge section of notes that were the foundation of what you wanted your book to be about. That's scary, this needs an undo or some way of retrieving something once you delete, or even a on/off switch that disabled the trash cans symbols from working. I mean that is why undo's exist in programs, people make mistakes. Sometimes you click things you didn't mean to click so you just have to be careful. This is still an amazing program and I'm not going to knock it for that. Great job
  • Rebekah H.
    2.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't Open
    Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2018
    Unfortunately, I was unable to get the program to work on my computer for some reason. However, I am confident that it is a useful and wonderful program as the Owner, K.M. Weiland, and the developer worked closely with me to try and get it working. Even Amazon technical support was a huge help in trying to resolve the issues. In the end, though, Amazon issued a refund for the program. K.M. told me how to download it directly from her website to see if that would work but by that point, I had decided that it was more in depth than the outline template she had created for the Scrivener program I am currently using. I will try to get the program at a later date.
  • Latrice
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great software with some limits
    Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2017
    I really like the software. It really helps to flesh out a story and help you see any flaws to address them early on. My biggest issue is that it forces you to choose only one protagonist. Not all stories work this way. I tried to find a way around this by choosing one character as the major protagonist and another as the minor protagonist but it lists the other as a MINOR character which he definitely is not. It's sort of limiting and I'm hoping a future update will help with this issue.
  • Tyerone Johnson
    1.0 out of 5 stars Does not work as advertised
    Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017
    Although it says it's compatible with Windows 8 or early, when I tried to run this program on my Windows 7 desktop it wouldn't load.
  • D leggett
    3.0 out of 5 stars Only one workbook/story at a time? Really?
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2017
    I am unable to create more than one workbook. If I close out the workbook, the entire program closes. I have more than one story I'd like to work on and would love to be able to switch between them. Using Windows 10
  • P. Thompson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Professional Help For The Struggling Writer
    Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017
    Very excited to get this. I'm currently reading the book that goes along with the workbook off of which this program is based. I can already tell that the combination of book and software is really going to help me keep things straight in the book I'm writing. The program is well put together and loaded with all manner of help a struggling writer could ask for. In fact, I'm amazed at the amount of content there is here.

    Normally, I write without an outline, mainly because I was one of those who thought an outline would hinder my creativity. However, I'm slowly coming to the realization that an outline will definitely help when I get to that point where I have no clue where the story should go next. And having the ability to do this with help from an actual published author is awesome. It's like she's right there beside me, guiding me in the right direction.

    I'm definitely going to recommend this software to my fellow writers.
  • Kindle Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2017
    I like the premise and the questions. However, as far as I can tell, I am unable to export my final file to a word or text document, which makes it essentially useless. I can only see my answers in pieces within the software itself. Printing execution is also subpar. I don't want to print 20 pages, just the ones I want. I don't want your headers, just my information. I want it all in a continual flow, not one piece of paper for every bit of info.

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