- We sort each TOPIC's notes into smaller SUBTOPICS. 
- On our Topic Outline, FORM 5,  each TOPIC can have 2 or more SUBTOPICS, beginning with A and  B. 
- We begin with our TOPIC I. 
- We hold the first note next to the second note, and we ask, “Related or unrelated?” 
- When notes are related, we put them together and name them on their SUBTOPIC lines. 
- We can have no SUBTOPICS, or we can have 2 or more SUBTOPICS. 
- A SUBTOPIC can have one or more notes. 
- We arrange our SUBTOPICS in a sensible order, and we write them on ABC lines of our Topic Outline, FORM 5.