Outlines are scary.
Not in the difficulty of making them kind of way – that’s quite easy. What makes outlines scary is the responsibility one has to deliver on an outline once it’s shared.
To make an outline means you have a plan and you can’t use the easy excuse of not having direction to hide from doing the work.
Outlines are necessary, though. We can never get to where we’re going if we don’t know where to go, which direction or how quickly we ought to get there.
What has always helped me is knowing that I can change the outline along the way. You’re not locked in with an outline, but you are accountable for seeing one through in one way or another.
Stay Positive & Line By Line
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Senior Content Specialist at Encompass Technologies, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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