I received the following Ask on Tumblr but figured the answer warranted a more detailed post here, too.

You may have already talked about this at some point, but I was wondering if you could talk about how your outlining process works? It sounds stupid because I know there are a ton of different ways to outline but I don’t really know how to outline at all….?

Hey there! You’re correct—there are a ton of different ways to outline, and none of them are wrong, though some may be better for you...