The Outcome Outline

The Most Effective Planning Tool for Pantsers or Plotters.


Are you a "pantser" or a "plotter"? Do you love outlining, or does it leave you running for the hills?

Some writers love to outline their entire book, because they believe they have to map out every point and argument in order to write a coherent whole. Other writers hate outlining, because they believe it robs them of their creativity and they would rather write their way to an understanding of their book.

Jennie Nash has designed an outlining method that writers from both camps can love. It’s called the Outcome Outline. It’s a simple and easy-to-use tool with a very clear goal: In a short space, tie each point or argument of your book to the takeaways (outcomes) that you want your reader to come away with.

The course will teach you the Cornerstone Questions for deciding on the best structure for your book, the Outcome Outline, and the One-Page Book Summary, a succinct snapshot of your entire book that allows you to see the whole thing in one glance. You'll learn how to weave the point and outcome threads of your book together so that your readers are hooked from start to finish. These clear, concise roadmaps you'll create will help you get to "the end" faster, with a book that is solid from cover to cover. This class is applicable to those writing prescriptive nonfiction. (Writing memoir or narrative nonfiction? Check out The Inside Outline – this class's fiction equivalent.)

The class uses three powerful tools to nail down the foundation of your story, developed by founder Jennie Nash and tested on hundreds of writers.

  1. Cornerstone Questions for deciding on the best structure for your book
  2. A robust Outcome Outline that captures the most important elements of your book
  3. The One-Page Book Summary

Solve all the problems in your book before you write another word.


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Course Curriculum


  Welcome to the Outcome Outline
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  The One-Page Book Summary
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  The Shape of Nonfiction
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Your Instructor


Jennie Nash
Jennie Nash

Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, a company on a mission to lead the emerging book coaching industry with rigorous training, high standards for certification, and support for coaches while they launch and build their businesses. Author Accelerator has certified 300 book coaches, who are working all over the world to help writers of all kinds do their best work. Jennie’s own clients have landed top agents, six-figure book deals, and spots on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Jennie is the author of 12 books in 3 genres, including her Blueprint for a Book series for fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. Sign up for her newsletter, The Art & Business of Book Coaching, at jennienash.substack.com.


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Frequently Asked Questions


How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What is your refund policy?
We do not offer refunds on our online courses.
I've already started writing my manuscript. Is the Outcome Outline still for me?
It can be extremely helpful no matter where you are in the writing process to analyze your book and see whether there are weak spots, holes, or elements that need solidifying. You can then go back to your draft and shore those up, knowing that you can write forward with confidence. We will warn, though, that you could end up finding that your book needs a major overhaul – we've seen it happen many times. That can be difficult for some writers to accept, so keep that in mind as you do this work. If you're not already, we would suggest working with one of our certified book coaches, which will give you assurance that you are on the right track, and support if the work gets tough. Tell us about your project at authoraccelerator.com/matchme to get connected to a book coach.
I haven't written a single page. Is the Outcome Outline for me?
Absolutely! That's what the Outcome Outline is designed to do – get you started!
How can I get feedback on the work I do in this course?
The Outcome Outline is so critical to the structure of your story that we recommend getting professional feedback on it so that you can write forward with confidence. We have an amazing team of certified book coaches who have been trained in how to guide writers through the Outcome Outline, and we would love to help you find the right coach for you if you're not already working with one. Tell us about your project at authoraccelerator.com/matchme to get connected to a book coach.