For larger projects, write your outline on index cards. If you’re writing a book, write an outline for each chapter using headings and bullet points. Each section should contain three to five bullet points corresponding to a point you want to make. For example, if you’re writing a blog post, break it into five or six sections and an introduction and a conclusion. Outlines help you see if your plot makes sense, if your arguments stand up, or if your blog post is going in the right direction.īefore you start your next writing project, take five minutes to create a writing outline. They help you say what you want to say, before you’ve figured out what it’s going to sound like or you’ve wasted time and energy writing about the wrong things. Outlines are the tool of fast and productive writers. Because exploring on the page, writing something to see where it goes and being willing to throw it away afterwards is still what I believe to be right for me. ![]() I’m pretty much as addicted to OmniOutliner as I am to its sister app OmniFocus but I use it with care, I use it with wariness. I do use outlines on certain jobs – I’m contractually required to often enough and there are times when it is definitely a quick route to a goal, just not necessarily the best one. ![]() I like a huge amount of the piece but its thing about must, must, must outline is making me twitch. ![]() Fast Company has a good feature on creative discipline, this business of creating things in the haphazard crazy way we do but simultaneously being focused and actually finishing things.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |