Outlining 101: How To Organize Your Ideas To Write A Book 10x Faster
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- This is a sneak peek of a Mastermind Call Dickie and Cole hosted today with members of our private community of Ship 30 for 30 Alums, The Captain's Table.
This session was call was a crash course in Outlining.
Cole walked us through the exact framework he uses to write a 60,000-word book in just 30 days and explained:
• Why “organizational” writing beats linear writing
• Why you should NOT start the writing process by writing
• And how to turn your outline into a long-form article, a book, or even an online course.
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00:00:00 - The Writing Process and Creating an Outline
00:03:38 - The "How To" Framework for Writing
00:07:45 - Generating Writing Ideas
00:11:46 - Outlining Each Chapter
00:15:35 - The Importance of Publishing
00:19:20 - Identifying the Big Ideas
00:23:04 - Organizing Content and Building Frameworks
00:27:01 - Creating a Story Framework Using Big Ideas and Sub-ideas
00:31:13 - Validating and Expanding Your Ideas
00:34:55 - Differentiating between what's really there and what's not
The best ever 35 mins I have spent over the internet.
“You don’t want to start exploring the maze until you figure out where the end is “ this is so true because as the writer your not the one trying to figure out the maze your the one creating it which is why you must know every angle from start to finish .
How is it possible this framework can save us a ton of time! This Golden Content is easily understood and fluently applicable to any writing process. Infinite thanks. Big Hug from Barcelona to the Capitans!
I’m going to sit down and THINK before I write. Outline everything. This feels like a gamechanger. I’ve been writing linearly for a year. Accumulated 60k followers on Instagram. Then the «writers block» occured. This will save my life and all my future work. Books and blogs.
Damm. This should be a paid class. Thanks for this folks.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 *📝 Understanding the Writing Process*
- Writing feels like navigating a maze without a top-down view.
- Linear writing is akin to exploring a maze blindly with a flashlight.
02:04 *📚 Importance of Outlining*
- Outlining provides a clear path from start to finish.
- An outline defines the journey of your writing project, making it easier to navigate.
03:27 *🏷️ Crafting Compelling Titles*
- Titles should promise an outcome without the obstacle.
- Use the formula "How to [outcome] without [obstacle]" for compelling titles.
06:16 *📝 Generating Big Ideas*
- Before writing, identify the major ideas to cover.
- These big ideas form the backbone of your project, guiding its direction.
09:04 *🔍 Developing Sub-ideas and Subsections*
- Each big idea can be broken down into sub-ideas or subsections.
- This process helps you outline chapters, modules, or sections of your project.
11:38 *✍️ Creating Content Without Writing*
- Building an outline allows you to develop valuable content without writing.
- The outline serves as a roadmap for your writing, reducing friction in the writing process.
16:12 *🧠 Applying the Process to New or Unknown Subjects*
- The outlining process works even when writing about unfamiliar subjects.
- Research and understanding the subject's big ideas are key to effective outlining.
21:36 *🔄 Iterating and Validating Ideas*
- Use feedback loops to validate and iterate on your outline.
- Start with small, quick win content and expand into larger pieces based on audience feedback.
23:13 *💡 Organizing content for writing: This section discusses how to organize content for writing by focusing on big ideas, sub ideas, and supporting elements like quotes and stories.*
- Big ideas are the chapters or modules of your content.
- Sub ideas are the smaller sections within each chapter or module.
- Supporting elements like quotes, stories, steps, examples, and case studies enhance the content.
25:21 *🧩 Simplifying content: This section emphasizes the importance of simplifying content by focusing on big ideas and avoiding overload.*
- Differentiate between big, important, and sub ideas.
- Create constraints for yourself to limit the number of big ideas.
- Ensure every idea fits into a coherent framework.
27:29 *📘 Framework for writing: The section discusses a framework for writing, emphasizing the importance of understanding big ideas and sub ideas.*
- Start with big ideas and sub ideas.
- Color inside the lines by focusing on one idea per section.
- Reframe writing as assembling a series of standalone pieces.
29:23 *📝 Writing toolkit: This section highlights the importance of having a writing toolkit, including sentence openers and credibility-building elements.*
- Use sentence openers to add credibility and texture.
- Develop a toolkit to structure and format your writing effectively.
- Start with smaller writing projects to validate ideas before committing to larger ones.
31:27 *🔍 Validating ideas: The section discusses the importance of validating ideas, using examples like Tim Ferriss's book title selection process.*
- Use technology to validate ideas quickly and easily.
- Test ideas through smaller formats like Twitter threads before expanding into larger projects.
- Learn from successful authors who validated their ideas before writing.
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This is so similar to the instructional design process I use at work, I can't believe I didn't connect the dots before. Thank you! Great explanations, summaries, and walk through.
This was MASSIVELY helpful!! Like a key unlocking everything that has been bottled up in my mind for years!!
I have soooo many story ideas that it's become overwhelming, and exhausting to just think about whenever I sit down to write. This video immediately changed all that. THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much for this video. It was very timely. I just started working on my 2nd e-book and this framework is going to be very handy. Thanks Cole and Dickie. ❤
You guys have blown my mind. Thank you for sharing this video.
You prove your worth over and over again!
Bro this was so well executed with clarity.. Thank you
Maaaaan. This content is so valuable. Thank you.
Wow! This is amazing. Just going back over previous content I've created I can test this, thanks a mill!
Wow, that's just a ton of value ! Thanks a lot !
Interesting.
Make more in depth video!
Love it
Thanks man
such a simple idea yet so helpful thx!!!!!!!!!!
This should have a million views
Your guys content is awesome I love it.
Everything is a list. Thanks for the valuable content as always.
Cool. Super master class. Thank you.
Great analogy
Damn. This is gold. 😅thanks for making my mind explode
You guys are pretty underrated
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Please tell how to write financial content whose shelf life is shorter in this format. Shelf life from week to 2 month at max
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Outline = Big Picture
❤️ YOU JUST PRESSED NITRO BUTTON IN MY BRAIN 🧠.
Take aways
- Writing linearly is not the most efficient way to write.
- An outline should be created before beginning the writing process.
- The title should be created first, as it is a sketch of the beginning and end of the writing.
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