Example of a simple plan This is the basic plan for Rachel Riggs' paper, "The Influential Environment." Click on the title to see the whole essay. Note that each line becomes a paragraph in the finished paper. Introduction - how environment is an influence in lots of books The Congo's mental influence Establish influence on Marlow The influence on the native inhabitants he influence on Kurtz Contrasting influence on Marlow (contrasted with Kurtz) Summary - tie together the three different ways the Congo worked on people