Novel Outline Template 2

Fill in each chapter’s plot points, beginning with an inciting incident, adding enough chapters to
maneuver through your rising action to your crisis, climax and resolution chapters. Be aware that the
crisis, climax and resolution may happen entirely in one chapter, or three. Write what works for your
book.

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Chapter 2:

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Chapter 3:

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Chapter 4:

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Chapter 5:

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Chapter 6:

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Chapter 7:

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Chapter 9:

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Chapter 10:

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Chapter 11:

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Chapter 13:

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Chapter 14:

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Chapter 15:

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Chapter 17:

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Chapter 18 (Crisis):

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Chapter 19 (Climax):

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Chapter 20 (Resolution):

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