Outlining (Arrangement & Organization)

Outlining is a way the organize your thoughts and help you assess what you want to talk about and what you don't want to talk about in your writing. It's basically a road map of where you want to start, where you want to go, and how you want to wrap it all up. An outline can help you think through your main point and all the supporting claims you'd like to gather throughout your writing. By making an outline, I can create the direction I want my writing to go and from there I can more easily fill in the rest with examples and evidence. This will help improve my writing because it will help me to think through the process of my argument while helping me solidify my argument. It can also help me in that I'll be able to figure out early on what I want to talk about and help me weed out the unnecessary comments.