Stephen Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Writing.

I just love writing.

No.

No, actually, I don't.

In fact, I kind of hate writing.

Which is why it's rather puzzling that I've written 225,000 words of Get at Dungai episodes,

roughly 100,000 words of my own newsletter, and an entire published book in the last four years.

Some people say, well, you get paid for all that.

Some people have never actually investigated the financials of the publishing industry.

Maybe I'm just addicted to writing, like I'm addicted

to caffeine or books, or urban vampire hunters, or shaving cream. One thing's for sure, I write

quickly. And outlining is a key reason why. If your job or if your life involves doing a lot of

writing, here are six tips for using outlines to work less and write more.

Tip number one, start writing with a purpose. My first tip goes right back to fifth grade when they

taught you how to write an outline. It really helps. Instead of jumping right into crafting your

elegant prose, take a few minutes to create the outline,

which is really just the main points you intend to make in the order you plan to make them.

So why write an outline? Because your outline is where you work out the overall logic of your

writing. The more logical your work is, the more it builds to a climax, and the more readers will

want to keep reading.

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