“Confession” Outline
by V.E. on February 9th, 2008
So here’s the outline (chapter titles, maybe? I’m not sure yet) for my booky book (working title is “Confession”). As a graduate student in creative writing, I actually DO have to write a book, so I’m not just messing around here. LOL. It’s an odd conglomeration of nonfiction and poetry, so go figure. Please, make any comments you have so I can know what is (or at least, sounds) interesting. Being a writer and all, I’d like to eventually sell/publish this and maybe make some money… you know, to pay off my school debts. HAH. And yes… a lot of it is about Bennett, but it won’t be as bad as it looks, I promise. And no, I’m not married.
01. Why words matter
02. The Five Friends
03. When the lying started
04. Bennett
05. On fighting for the disenfranchised
06. Why I write poetry
07. The lies I’ve told
08. How Bennett helped
09. Writing as a symptom of mental illness
10. Obsession I
11. Why I’m ashamed
12. I want to believe
13. When sex is more than just sex
14. The Unreliable Narrator
15. “White lie” vs. “world lie”
16. How Bennett hurt
17. The poetry for which I’ve been paid
18. Wearing white on my wedding day
19. Anxiety
20. On being stuck
21. When Loyalty doesn’t matter
22. I wasn’t the only one; Bennett lied, too
23. Epiphanies
24. That of which I’m proud
25. Obsession II
26. Taking words at face value
27. Submission
28. Battered spouse syndrome: how Belief can hurt
29. My wedding ring
30. The last time I lied
AND roughly one relevant/applicable poem per section, each section averaging 5 pages long (not including poem).
