Outline the story you would like to write about the woman in the paintings. be sure to include a description of: your main character (the woman) her life in 1909 her life in 1927 the events that influenced her life in the time span between those years
and how they affected her.

So you know what happened and so it doesn’t repeat it’s self

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.