Is about putting things in order before you start writing. Outlines are amazing ways to keep track of the “picture” you want to show your audience. By keeping track of your own thoughts, you can zero in on your logical conclusion and keep your audience captivated.
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I need exactly to know how I can start the outline about the history of Disneyland, let me know if I can have that information.
Comment by Helena Pena — April 2, 2009 @ 5:26 pm |
Hi Helena,
This would depend on what information you’ve collected. For example, do you have anything about the conception, or how Walt Disney came up with the idea? Then that would be your first logical point.
I. Conception
How did he fund the project? Did he have any collaborators?
I. Conception
1. Idea sources
2. Funding sources
Then you could move to:
II. Construction
And so on
The idea behind using an outline is to bring your points out in a logical order so your readers can follow along. You ask yourself, “How would I like this story told to me so I understand?” Then you simply lay things out from the beginning to the end.
Hope that helps
Comment by howtowriteanoutline — April 2, 2009 @ 8:39 pm |
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO WRITE AN OUTLINE FOR A MILESTONE INTERVIEW OF A PERSON
Comment by Elise rivera — March 30, 2010 @ 11:47 am |
Hi Elise,
Sorry it took so long to get back to you.
Naturally you’d want to have some research done on this person beforehand. Then it would just be a matter of jotting down questions you’d want to ask him/her.
So say you were going to discuss various topics with this person, you’d then outline it thusly:
1. Issue One
A. Question 1
B. Question 2
2. Issue Two
A. Question 1
B. Question 2
Now if you were putting the outline together as a sort of table of contents, then you’d slip in the answers you received as a third tier after each question:
A. Question 1
i. Answer 1
ii. Answer 2
B. Question 2
i. Answer 1
ii. Answer 2
This would help you keep the questions and the answers relevant to each issue you were addressing.
Hope this helps
Comment by howtowriteanoutline — December 23, 2010 @ 12:27 pm |