How to Outline Your Fantasy Novel (The Hourglass Method)

Jed Herne • October 6, 2024

Jed Herne

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Helping you write better fantasy books 🧙 On this channel, I share the best fantasy writing advice that I've learned from publishing four novels and a video game. My books include Kingdom of Dragons, The Thunder Heist, Across the Broken Stars, and Fires of the Dead. I also wrote Siege of Treboulain (an interactive fantasy novel published by Choice of Games). Through my classes and programs, I've worked with 200+ fantasy writers to help them improve their stories. This has given me a lot of insight into the most common struggles that new fantasy writers face. I run this channel to share my learnings. Want to join my accountability and support community for fantasy writers? Then click the first link down below 👇

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Join my 7-week Fantasy Outlining Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/jeds-outlining-program Inside the program, I'll help you build your outline so that you can write a captivating fantasy novel. ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:40 - Why outline? 02:55 - The purpose of outlining 07:02 - The Hourglass Method 07:29 - Exploring the suburb 15:32 - Finding your story's core 16:29 - Premise 19:40 - Theme 23:11 - Putting it all together 26:06 - Character arcs 33:52 - Structuring your plot 📙 MY BOOKS: Across the Broken Stars: https://jedherne.com/acrossthebrokenstars The Thunder Heist: https://jedherne.com/thethunderheist/ Fires of the Dead: https://jedherne.com/firesofthedead Kingdom of Dragons: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jedherne/kingdom-of-dragons 🎮 MY VIDEO GAME: Siege of Treboulain: https://jedherne.com/siege-of-treboulain-details/

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How to Outline Your Fantasy Novel (The Hourglass Method)

Jed Herne

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