The Outline
I’m not falling into the trap of waiting until 1 November before doing any work on this. It’s strictly forbidden to produce actual text before 1 November, but producing an outline is recommended. I hope to produce an outline of about 5,000 words setting out the story in some detail so that I always know where I’m going with it.
I’ve already got the first few chapters planned (I’m going for 20 chapters of 2,500 words each. or thereabouts) and I know exactly how the ending goes, but I must admit there’s a slight hole in the middle at the moment. The description of Chapter 6 currently reads, in full “John is stuck for ideas and starts getting Lady Sarah to read out the writing on the back of cornflake packets.”
Absit Omen