1.0https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovelDaniel Schwabauerhttps://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/blog/author/schwabauer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3uQKpIx6oR"><a href="https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/blog/unforeseen-endings-gifts-flexible-novel-outline/">Unforeseen Endings & Other Gifts of a Flexible Novel Outline</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/blog/unforeseen-endings-gifts-flexible-novel-outline/embed/#?secret=3uQKpIx6oR" width="600" height="338" title="“Unforeseen Endings & Other Gifts of a Flexible Novel Outline” — " data-secret="3uQKpIx6oR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/11/oyan-blog-pinterest-gifts.jpg500500Outlines aren’t the only way to bring shape to a story. A bad outline will drive you compulsively in the wrong direction. Instead of giving advice, it will give commands. It will tell you to write what it summarizes, regardless of how the story has changed in your mind during the telling. “I am the story,” a bad outline will say. And if you listen to it, your story will be bad too.