Long before I started writing my novel, I created an outline of chapters, with a synopsis of each chapter. That was the first version of this spreadsheet. As I wrote the novel, I modified the spreadsheet to match the actual novel. Occasionally, I added fields for issues I wanted to make sure not to forget. Those fields became my checklist for each chapter. So for the second draft of the novel, I read each chapter and compared it to my checklist. So, here is the checklist. (Of course, in the real version I used, I had a lot of text written in each blank square, and the checklist was very large, much too big for a blog.)
| # | Prologue | Ch1 | Ch2 | Ch3 | Ch... |
| Title | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Synopsis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| What makes the chapter? | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Purposes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poignant | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Relevant | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Believable (actions & characters?) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pageturner? | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Characters (strong, consistent?) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Faults | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Humor | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Setting (Readers feel there?) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Clothing (appropriate to character, season?) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Environment (smell, color, etc.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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