- I sorted my TOPIC I notes into two or more SUBTOPICS and wrote them on my Topic Outline, FORM 5.
- On each SUBTOPIC line I named each note card.
- A SUBTOPIC may have only one note.
- I arranged SUBTOPICS in a sensible order, and I wrote them on the ABC lines under TOPIC I on my Topic Outline, FORM 5.
- Then I turned my sorted TOPIC I notes faced down.
- I sorted my other TOPICS into SUBTOPICS.
- I turned each TOPIC stack faced down, and I criss-crossed it on my other faced down TOPIC stacks.