The Bug-Eyed Muse, a journal on writing a novel

The Bug-Eyed Muse, a journal on writing a novel

Curse of the one-sentence outline

and an unexpected experience

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Robin Yaklin
Apr 10, 2025
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As I've posted PLOT is a four-letter word.

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So, when I got stuck in the writing mud, my editor suggested an outline. Just a tiny one-sentence outline from the stuck-in-t…

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