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Technical Writing - Emergency Management Institute

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UNIT 4: THE TECHNICAL WRITING PROCESS<br />

Outlining<br />

Once you have identified how to organize your message the next step of prewriting is to<br />

outline your thoughts.<br />

Often writers will mistakenly skip this step. Formulating a framework for your document<br />

now will provide a structure to build upon later.<br />

An outline serves as a great reference for when the writing starts!<br />

Principles of Outlining<br />

4 steps to outlining:<br />

1. Numbering systems<br />

2. Organizing Data<br />

3. Drafting the outline<br />

4. Finalizing the outline<br />

Numbering systems<br />

Two primary number systems used in outlining:<br />

Alphanumeric system - consisting of both letters and numbers<br />

Decimal System – numbers only with subcategories expressed in decimals<br />

IS-613 <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Page 4.6

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