Create Your Outline
Learn what an outline is and how to create your own.
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What is an outline?
An outline is an initial layout of your document. It will help you to organize your ideas and visualize the structure of your document. Once you begin to write, your outline will help you to stay on track and not sway from your document's purpose.
It can be tempting to skip the outline step, but we advise against this, especially when you are a beginner. Without an outline, your writing project can quickly get off-topic, become much longer than intended, exclude vital information/include unnecessary information, or become disorganized and unclear. Outlines streamline your writing by streamlining your thoughts and ideas from the start.
How to get started
Before you begin writing your outline, you must have an understanding of the purpose of your document and for
If you do not know the answer to one or both of these statements, you need to go back and understand why you are writing this document. As a developer, the purpose and audience should be clear to you based on the type of document you are writing. If you are unclear about the purpose and/or the audience, you may find it hard to keep your document within its intended scope. The answers to both these requirements should be at the top of ...