In this week's article I share some word processing tips for using the formatting and styles features to create an outline of each chapter of your novel and generate chapter headings that update automatically.

Next week you'll understand why I want you to use formatting for this, when I'll show you how to generate a handy at-a-glance outline.

Formatting tricks for easier planning and writing

You can use the formatting features of your word processing program to make your writing life easier by automatically updating chapter headings and creating an outline of each chapter.

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