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88: Writing Tips

Time and Attention

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How Do You Use an Outline for Your Introduction?

An outline is when you decide on the shape of what you're writing. And so if you can design an outline early and give yourself time to think about it, you can also polish the paper before you've even written it. I think that writer's block that a lot of people talk about comes from not having a clear structure to what you want to say ahead of saying it. You have your framework, you have your direction, but when you don't, it's so easy to get lost in your own writing.

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