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Writing a piece of any length requires an outline, as it usually saves time. Writers are free to write how they want but successful writers tackling signifigant projects generally follow these essential steps:

*1. Assemble your ideas for the story. Sketch a rough outline. Use pencil and paper if this appeals to you, or a tablet.

1. Assemble your ideas for the story. Sketch a rough outline. Use pencil and paper if this appeals to you, or a tablet.

*2. Do your outline. Fiction that has resonated with people over the years has generally followed a certain pattern. This is a very large topic, and only a rough guide can be given here, obviously, but effective stories usually have a beginning of some sort, a middle and an end. A story has a conflict that drives it, and the conflict is resolved in the ending.

*3. Write your story, feeling relatively free to make mistakes.

2. Do your outline. Fiction that has resonated with people over the years has generally followed a certain pattern. This is a very large topic, and only a rough guide can be given here, obviously, but effective stories usually have a beginning of some sort, a middle and an end. A story has a conflict that drives it, and the conflict is resolved in the ending.

*4. Go over, re-reread, and edit. Have someone read it and edit for you, or take a break and edit it again. Proofreading will ensure your work gets the respect it deserves.

3. Write your story, feeling relatively free to make mistakes.

4. Go over, re-reread, and edit. Have someone read it and edit for you, or take a break and edit it again. Proofreading will ensure your work gets the respect it deserves.

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 Writing a piece of any length requires an outline, as it usually saves time. Writers are free to write how they want but successful writers tackling signifigant projects generally follow these essential steps:
+*1. Assemble your ideas for the story. Sketch a rough outline. Use pencil and paper if this appeals to you, or a tablet.
-. Assemble your ideas for the story. Sketch a rough outline. Use pencil and paper if this appeals to you, or a tablet.
+*2. Do your outline. Fiction that has resonated with people over the years has generally followed a certain pattern. This is a very large topic, and only a rough guide can be given here, obviously, but effective stories usually have a beginning of some sort, a middle and an end. A story has a conflict that drives it, and the conflict is resolved in the ending.
+*3. Write your story, feeling relatively free to make mistakes.
-. Do your outline. Fiction that has resonated with people over the years has generally followed a certain pattern. This is a very large topic, and only a rough guide can be given here, obviously, but effective stories usually have a beginning of some sort, a middle and an end. A story has a conflict that drives it, and the conflict is resolved in the ending.
+*4. Go over, re-reread, and edit. Have someone read it and edit for you, or take a break and edit it again. Proofreading will ensure your work gets the respect it deserves.
-. Write your story, feeling relatively free to make mistakes.
-. Go over, re-reread, and edit. Have someone read it and edit for you, or take a break and edit it again. Proofreading will ensure your work gets the respect it deserves.