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<aside> 💡 Within the Big Idea for your book, you'll have a bunch of smaller subtopics to talk about. Even if you're writing a book of essays—you'll have a list of stories you want to tell, and a theme you want to stick to (probably).
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<aside> 👉🏼 Each chapter box below is for you to add a sentence or two about the idea for that particular chapter or section. So you can split your book into all your ideas.
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<aside> 👉🏼 Then alongside the chapter boxes, you can split each of those subtopics into smaller sections if you want to—breaking down each chapter into the points you want to make, the stories you want to tell, etc.
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<aside> 🙂 In this way, if this way of writing suits you, you'll have a detailed map of where your book is going so you can fill in the details during your Pretty First Draft. Editing is where you make it beautiful.
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Your idea in here.
A couple of paragraphs on what the book is, and why you're writing it, and why you're excited about it.
<aside> 💡 VIBES: what kind of a feel do you want your book to have? Are there any authors whose voices or vibes you'd like to channel?
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If you're writing a preface, stick a couple of ideas in here.
<aside> 💡 I suggest leaving this blank until the end, and even then it'll probably change. But you can pop a couple of notes in: any background info for example. (I'll give you more on introductions later.)
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The Big Idea for chapter 1. Take your Big Book Idea and break it down into subtopics or stories.
The Big Idea for chapter 2. Take your Big Book Idea and break it down into subtopics or stories.
The Big Idea for chapter 3. Take your Big Book Idea and break it down into subtopics or stories.
The Big Idea for chapter 4. Take your Big Book Idea and break it down into subtopics or stories.
Etc. You can duplicate more of these and fill them in.