Outline review
Draft chapters map to answer ids. Thin chapters should ask for more material instead of padding.
First-person memoir
Edited from spoken interviews, written as the subject's own remembered life.
Chapter 1
The House at the Edge of Town
The opening chapter follows my childhood home, the land around it, winter driveway, horses, and the long country days that shaped my earliest sense of home.
Chapter 2
Work Done With Both Hands
This chapter connects my first jobs, pride in craft, and the values I learned by watching adults keep their word.