This document discusses how to write an essay outline. It notes that writing about creating an essay outline is paradoxical as it involves capturing a complex process within a single composition. It must convey the key steps of selecting topics, arranging them logically, and establishing a hierarchy, while maintaining clarity without overwhelming details. Additionally, it involves introspectively analyzing one's own outlining process to distill intuitive practices into explicit instructions. Finally, crafting an outline is both a technical and creative exercise that requires balancing structure with individual expression through channeling creativity within framework. In essence, the challenge is to articulate a structured process for creating structure.