It's hard to overstate the importance of a good outline. It serves not just to ensure proper organization and coherence, but to make it possible to complete th

It's hard to overstate the importance of a good outline. It serves not just to ensure proper organization and coherence, but to make it possible to complete the book. If you have a solid, detailed outline you always have that to tall back on. You're much less likely to get writer's block because you already know where you're going and what the next step is. The outline is key to motivation. You can put it together when you're excited about the project and everything is clicking, and then when progress gets tougher, there are no excuses--the outline tells you what to do.