by Cindy K. Sproles @CindyDevoted
Last month, we talked about creating a timeline for your novel. We discussed the questions and items you needed to keep your story on track. Today, we want to continue to help you see the value of developing a solid timeline and how it can help get rid of unnecessary information.
Let me begin by saying that the time span of your novel has nothing to do with the word count. We could write a character’s lifetime in a paragraph. So, remember, your timeline could serve as only one day in the life of your character. That’s fine if all the incidents that happen in the story fit into that day, and you don’t slip up and make something happen the next day. The timeframe of your story is up to you, but the job you have is to make sure everything ties together nicely and no holes form.
