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Why outline? To get you where you're going

For the writer's sake, it's a good idea to have an outline.

For the reader's sake, it's an even better idea.

When the word "outline" is mentioned, many writers think of the kind that grade school and, sometimes, high school teachers insisted on: Roman numerals and capital letters, lower case letters and 1's, 2's and 3's, filling at least two pages. Boring.
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Addresses

Attribution

Capitalization

Commas

Dates

Direct quotations

Identification

Job titles

Numbers

Outlining

Pronouns

Punctuating quotes

Semicolons, colons, dashes

Working with an editor
  Expectations of a reporter
  Expectations of an editor

Writing tight