“First draft of chapter plan” [Part I]

This is the earliest dated outline covering Part I of the novel in detail, which Rand made shortly before she started writing the first draft of the story on June 26, 1938. Although similar to the following item, this outline is simpler and lacks some details that appear in the final story, implying that Rand created this one first and then rewrote it shortly after.

Among other differences, it shows another last name that Rand originally considered for Peter’s character: “Collins.” Both “Collins” and the “Wilson” that appear in her earlier notes were then discarded in favor of “Keating.”