At this point, most books on training would instruct you to develop a detailed course outline. After you have an outline that is two or three levels deep, the course almost writes itself. This book will make no such recommendation, for two reasons.

First, because the organization and content of the course are based upon the exercises, it makes sense to start writing with the exercises.

Second, in today’s fast-paced, budget-conscious environment, very few course writers have time to lovingly craft a detailed course outline before producing actual course material.

Forget what your grade-school writing teacher told you about beginning a writing project with a detailed outline, and starting with the beginning. The exercises are central to the course, so that is where we will begin: in the middle, with the exercises.