If we take a look at the column options offered, you’ll note that some of them might be helpful and others, well, will leave you scratching your head wondering why you would include them in an outline. One last click, it’s back to the correct chapter/scene order. Click on it again and they are in reverse alphabetical order. Just like the corkboard I can reorder these chapters/scenes and you’ll see that change reflected in the binder. If I click on the Title and Synopsis bar, my chapter heading become alphabetized, but there’s no change in the binder. Now I have the chapter headings and the synopsis for each one. To unhide them, I just hit the button “Show Synopses” or I can go to the small double arrow on the right, click on that and a drop menu will appear that has a number of set column heading I can select. You’ll notice I have 17 chapters in Part 1 of the book, and at the moment, my synopses are hidden. The two directional arrows automatically opens the selected scene or chaper in the editor. So far this is how my outliner looks (click on each image for a larger view):Īt the footer, you’ll notice you can add a new text document, a folder, the gear wheel, which has numerous options that allows you to add, move, reveal in binder, and so forth.
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In this cleaned-up version, I wrote a one sentence summary of the chapter. Previously I used the “auto-generate from text, which took the first paragraph or two from the text.
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One, I’m learning with you on how to use it effectively two, how it will help me with plotting my story.īefore I get into the mechanics of the outliner, the first thing I did was clean up my index card synopsis for each chapter. So the purpose of this tutorial is two-fold. However that’s not to say that it isn’t a useful. I’ve been promising for a very long time to have a tutorial on how to use the outliner, but I am ashamed to admit that it’s a feature I rarely use.