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For people who outline—
I want to update the Outline FAQ since I suspect a lot of people think an outline is a hierarchical document with rigid rules about letters and numbers, and there's only one way to make or use one.
Also, because I've now heard from two people who thought that because they didn't outline the way someone else did, they were doin' it rong.
And I don't want to make anyone feel that way.
So how do you outline? On a computer, on paper? Do you use the formal structure of an outline with hierarchy and nesting and careful labeling (i.e. Roman numbers, then Uppercase letters, then Arabic numbers)?
Is an outline a list or do you have paragraphs and dialog as part of it?
Do you use special software (What?)? Index cards?
What might you suggest to someone wanting to try outlining?
N.B. I'm not picking outlining vs/not outlining, just looking for helpful ideas for those who want to try/use outlining.
And if you don't want to have your post quoted or linked in an FAQ, tell me and I won't.
I want to update the Outline FAQ since I suspect a lot of people think an outline is a hierarchical document with rigid rules about letters and numbers, and there's only one way to make or use one.
Also, because I've now heard from two people who thought that because they didn't outline the way someone else did, they were doin' it rong.
And I don't want to make anyone feel that way.
So how do you outline? On a computer, on paper? Do you use the formal structure of an outline with hierarchy and nesting and careful labeling (i.e. Roman numbers, then Uppercase letters, then Arabic numbers)?
Is an outline a list or do you have paragraphs and dialog as part of it?
Do you use special software (What?)? Index cards?
What might you suggest to someone wanting to try outlining?
N.B. I'm not picking outlining vs/not outlining, just looking for helpful ideas for those who want to try/use outlining.
And if you don't want to have your post quoted or linked in an FAQ, tell me and I won't.