Want to write a book? This simple, step-by-step plan—of flexible timelines, chapter grids, storyboarding, and time-tested tools—teaches you how. Learn to get great ideas, flow them into chapters, organize research and concepts, construct plots, revise for pacing and clarity, and bring your book into manifestation.

“If you believe you have a book inside you just waiting to come out, here is a guide that will ensure your book’s arrival in the world. In clear, accessible prose, Mary Carroll Moore leads the aspiring author through every step of the challenging, rewarding process of developing and completing a full-length book.”

—Rebecca McClanahan, author of In the Key of New York City