How to Glow in the Dark

How to Glow in the Dark

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Your chapter outline, or: showing some ankle at petticoat junction
Proposal 101

Your chapter outline, or: showing some ankle at petticoat junction

How to write a chapter outline in your proposal without giving too much (or too little) away.

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Anna Sproul-Latimer
Jun 08, 2020
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Like my previous post on the general difficulty of book proposals, this one is aimed at people who already know what a proposal is and are in the midst of writing or editing one. If you’re looking for something more basic, I like Jane Friedman’s How to Write a Book Proposal.

OK, now onto the main topic: CHAPTER OUTLINES.

What’s the point of a chapter outl…

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