7. Plotting in the Outliner

Does your writing process lean more to the logical than the visual? Do you need more information about your project than a color-coded index card can provide? Do you want to see your entire project’s hierarchy at once instead of one container at a time? If so, the Outliner is the tool for you.

The skeuomorphic Corkboard can be very useful for storyboarding or when you want to hone in on a particular container, but the Outliner offers additional flexibility to give you an overview of your project.

Exploring the Outliner

As with the other Group View modes, ...

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