Plan your draft with an outline

An outline gives each part of a piece a purpose before you work on its sentences. Use as much structure as the task needs: a short update may need only two sections.

Start with your brief

In Writing brief, record the reader, purpose, facts, and constraints for the document. Choose a writing style for generated text.

You can create a plan from a brief, build sections yourself in Outline, or use Build outline in Brainstorm. Review generated sections before adding them to your plan. The outline helps organize the supplied material; check any claim it introduces against your sources.

Give each section a job

Use a short title and notes that explain what belongs there. For a reading-group update, a simple plan might be:

Next meeting: Saturday, 11 a.m., library. Bring one book to recommend.
Choosing a book: Explain the group’s selection process once it has been agreed.

The second note leaves an unknown open instead of inventing a process.

Edit section titles and descriptions, add subsections when useful, and reorder sections to follow the reader’s questions. Remove repeated points before drafting.

Find what is missing

Open BlueTip AI and choose Expand this outline. Describe the gap you want help with. For example:

Suggest a section for a first-time member’s practical questions. Keep details we haven’t confirmed as questions.

Choose Suggest additions, edit the proposed titles and notes, then add individual sections. Existing sections remain available while you review suggestions.

Move into writing

Open Write and choose Draft from plan. BlueTip uses the saved brief, plan, and selected style to prepare a proposed draft. Read it before accepting: check the facts, length, structure, and voice. Edit the proposal or ask for a refinement when needed.

You can also write directly from your outline. Keep the plan flexible as the piece develops.

Check the structure of an existing draft

In Review, Reverse Outline describes what each paragraph contributes. Compare that view with your intended plan. A paragraph may need moving, a clearer purpose, or removal; an intentional pause or repetition may belong exactly where it is.

Read the draft again after reordering, and use Undo if the change does not work.

Open BlueTip, or continue with the first-draft guide.