We spend so much time working to perfect our stories, we often neglect a great little tool: The Outline.
With its partners, treatments and pitches, the outline is not only a compact way to communicate your premise but also a great way to rein in the sprawl of your thinking and focus on the key elements in your and your writing partners’ stories.
Don’t panic. Outlines, as a pre-writing tool, are not for everyone, it’s true. But when you’ve finished a draft and are reasonably confident about the content of your screenplay, novel, memoir, or other long-format work, creating an after-the-fact outline can confirm your hunches and get you on the road to completing the project just a bit faster.
So what goes into these mini versions of your work? Definitions vary across industries but here are some general guidelines: Read on »
