Sound familiar?

Then you might also understand my frustration when I sat down at my computer to write, notes in hand, only to feel “stuck”. I was unable to produce a single word I liked, even though I had pages and pages of notes.

Writer’s block? More like writer’s rage!

After speaking with friends in my creative writing groups, I found I wasn’t alone in my frustrations. Other writers from my workshops had experienced the same thing.

No matter how many little thoughts we’d taken the time to jot down, there would invariably come a time when we’d get stuck. The writers who tried to “force” their way through these moments sometimes ended up with boring, unbelievable stories that made readers find something else to read.

It wasn’t until I spoke to a mentor – an accomplished novelist – that I learned what I (and many other writers) were doing wrong.

“Your problem isn’t that you’re a bad writer,” my mentor explained, “Nor is it that you don’t have a great story. Instead, you simply haven’t been given the right tools to write well.”

When I asked what he meant, my mentor pulled out a piece of paper and had me write three things: Where my story started, where it ended, and what happened in the middle.

“There’s your story,” he said. “Now you know what to write.”

“Writing an outline? Isn’t that what I have to do for boring homework essays?” I said. “Seems like a lot of work I have to do BEFORE I start the real work of working on my novel.”

“If that’s what you think, then you haven’t been taught how to outline properly,” replied my mentor. “Outline isn’t restrictive, boring, or too much work – if you’re doing it properly, that is. In fact, outlining the right way actually fuels your creativity.”

I was blown away. By writing a simple outline, I always had a road map for my novel. Now, if I ever got stuck, I could refer to this outline and keep writing.

I thanked my mentor. “This solves everything!” I said.

“Hold on, there,” my mentor replied. “This isn’t the end of your solution; in fact, it’s just the beginning. There’s a lot more to know about writing killer outline for your novel than simply deciding where you want to end.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Well,” he said, “what if you want to surprise your audience or even yourself while you’re writing your novel? How would you write your story if you didn’t want to plan the ending too far in advance?”

“Wow, I’d never thought of that…”

“And how do you know if the actions your characters take to get you to that ending are interesting? How do you integrate specifics about your characters to make them memorable? And how will you integrate spontaneity or surprise?”

At this point, I felt stumped. Just a moment before, I thought I’d learned everything I needed to know about writing my novel. Now I realized there was so much more to outlining than having an ending in mind.

“Okay, you’ve got me. Can you show me what I need to know to write a great novel?”

Over the next several months and years, my mentor helped me study all about outlining a novel. I analyzed the structure of many famous novels, I read interviews with high-profile novelists, and I practiced writing myself to find what techniques would actually work (and which ones weren’t worth the paper they were printed on).

Finally, after thousands of hours spent studying, I’d learned how to properly outline a novel. Not only that, I’d developed a method to share this knowledge with other aspiring novelists so they could benefit from my research.

“This is fantastic!” one of fellow workshop members said when I showed her my guide. “I’ve been stuck with one of my novels for over a year, and now I know exactly what that character needs to do. It’s unreal.”

Every other writer who saw my guide reacted in a similar way. No matter what genre, no matter how long the novel was, the information in my guide helped these writers overcome their writer’s block and finish their novels quickly. This let them get to publishing their novel much faster.

Even novelists who had already completed their books loved it.

“Thank you so much for letting me see your guide!” another writing friend sent me in an email. “I always felt like my novel was missing something, and now I know exactly what I can do to really spice it up.”

Finally, I’d learned how to write novels in a way that worked for nearly every type of writer. I’d stopped experiencing writer’s block and was well on my way to publishing my next best-seller.

So why am I sharing this with you?

Most of the time, when I couldn't think of an idea, I would think of other chores or distractions that needed my “urgent” attention. The cat needed food. I needed to check my email. I would even rather take out the trash than face an empty page!

Of course, these are classic signs of writer’s block. For me, the biggest cause of writer’s block – and the thing preventing me from finishing my novel – was simply not knowing what to write next.

Once I learned the technique for outlining a great novel, my fears and anxieties about writer’s block went away. That’s because I had a great big list of characters, themes, variables, details, detours, traits, and more to bring my story to life.

I used to think great writers don't need to plan ahead. What I learned through difficult trial and error, however, was there's a smarter way to write. In fact, nearly all great writers – such as J.K. Rowling, William Faulkner, Sylvia Plath, Orson Scott Card, and many others – use this method.

Once I started embracing this technique, I started to fly through my novel. I got the first draft completed in less time than I imagined. After that, revising was a breeze.

Of course, that's not to say writing my novel didn't take any work. The fact is, I had to sit and type every single word of my novel at some point. But this technique let me know exactly what to type, preventing hours of frustration.

With the information in this course, you’ll finally be able to know your story is full of engaging, interesting characters and scenarios that audiences will enjoy reading, even before you’ve “written” a single word.

That confidence can help you go from aspiring novelist to published success sooner than you’d think.

And now I’m going to share every detail with you.

I’ve been where you are before. Feeling creatively frustrated. Wanting to get my story out, but now knowing how. Needing to take a boring day job because no one wanted to read my work… and feeling terrible about myself because of it.

I want to share with you the secret to my success so you can pursue your dream of becoming a novelist, without getting “stuck” or worrying if your final product isn’t going to be any good (and not worth submitting to publishers).

What I’m sharing with you today is a full course on outlining your next novel.

This is my own personal process that I refined over several years, working with other novelists, mentors, and readers to “test” and make it more useful to anyone wanting to write a novel.

This is the “secret” behind writing a bestselling novel I had to learn for myself, and now I’m giving it to you. I was fortunate enough to work with mentors and experienced, published authors, so it’s not a stretch to say this information will give you a shortcut to your own success as a novelist by several years or even a decade.

Introducing…