Novel outlines are not a necessity or prerequisite for writing a novel, not every writer engages in this, just like there is no one right way to outline your novel.
So this is only to give you an insight into how you can outline your novel if you choose to.
If you want to write an essay, it’s just as right to gather your thoughts or think about what you want to write about in order to get clear and logical content.
Freytag’s Pyramid was devised in the 19th century by German novelist and playwright, Gustav Freytag, and is a paradigm of dramatic structure that outlines five key steps of successful storytelling.