• SKELETON
    The normal idea is that writing is an extension of who we are [NORMAL WRITING]

    Or it’s coming from above [NORMAL WRITING]

    I would like to suggest that really better writing is a matter of process [PROCESS]

    James Clear on coming up with a better process [PROCESS]

    Process Composition, championed by legendary writers, coaches, and professors captures this idea that [PROCESS COMPOSITION]

    Timothy Ferriss DiSSS writing protocol in the 4 hour chef best describes another aspect of the mechanism tow...

  • STRUCTURE - CATEGORIES
    NORMAL WRITING
    PROCESS
    PROCESS COMPOSITION
    REDUCTIOISM
    SCAMPING
    TORTURED CREATIVE
    STRUCTURE
    STRUCTURE - MINDLESS
    MINDLESS
    TRANSITIONS
    TRANSITIONS - MINDLESS
    LEDES AND KICKERS
    FIRST DRAFTS
    TIPS
    RESEARCH
    POLISH
    TIPS - THE PERSONALITIES
    GENERAL BENEFITS
    BEHAVIORAL ISSUES WITH OLD SCHOOL WRITING
    TIPS - TOOLS

  • CATEGORIES - REORDERED
    NORMAL WRITING
    PROCESS
    PROCESS COMPOSITION
    REDUCTIISM
    SCAMPING
    TORTURED CREATIVE
    STRUCTURE
    TRANSITIONS
    LEDES AND KICKERS
    FIRST DRAFTS
    RESEARCH
    POLISH
    TIPS
    TIPS - THE PERSONALITIES
    TIPS - TOOLS
    BEHAVIORAL ISSUES WITH OLD SCHOOL WRITING
    MINDLESS/STRUCTURE - MINDLESS/ TRANSITIONS - MINDLESS
    GENERAL BENEFITS

  • POINTS MOVED
    NORMAL WRITING
    -The normal idea is that writing is an extension of who we are
    -Or it’s coming from above

    PROCESS
    -I would like to suggest that really better writing is a matter of process
    -James Clear on coming up with a better process

    PROCESS COMPOSITION
    -Process Composition, championed by legendary writers, coaches, and professors captures this idea that

    REDUCTIISM
    -Timothy Ferriss DiSSS writing protocol in the 4 hour chef best describes another aspect of the mechanism towards better chan...

  • REARRANGING POINTS
    NORMAL WRITING
    -The normal idea is that writing is an extension of who we are
    -Or it’s coming from above

    PROCESS
    -James Clear on coming up with a better process
    -I would like to suggest that really better writing is a matter of process

    PROCESS COMPOSITION
    -Process Composition, championed by legendary writers, coaches, and professors captures this idea that (definite it)

    REDUCTIISM
    -Timothy Ferriss DiSSS writing protocol in the 4 hour chef best describes another aspect of the mechanism toward...

  • ADDING TRANSITIONS
    NORMAL WRITING
    -The normal idea is that writing is an extension of who we are
    -Or it’s coming from above

    (Opposition transition) HOWEVER, there is another method of wiring that takes focus away from the divine right of the writer
    (Quote Transition) Quote from James Clear on Process and building systems, then, suggest it can be applied to writing
    (Backwards in Time Transition) According to New Yorker Article “Blocked” - years before the rise of this idea, writing was treated as a craft.
    (Maxim T...

  • LEDES
    1. Summary Lede
    Writing is normally thought of as a function of character. We live and die on our reputation as a writer, but a more efficient, functional, and psychological stress free method of writing is to think of it as a craft. Writing then becomes more about mastering a process than pulling something golden out of thin air.

    2. Wrap Lede
    Holy Lisle believe that mastering writing is about making lightning strike when and where you want it. Former Wall Street Journal Editor Shani Raja’s dee...

  • KICKERS
    1. Bookended Anecdote Kicker
    I’m writing 13 articles now. When I sit down to write I know exactly what to do in every stage.

    2. Straight Sum Up Kicker
    There are many benefits to this highly technical, almost mechanical method of writing. Rather than living or dying on an article, the process is king, and the individual products are simply a side effect. There is never a moment of writer’s block, and there’s never loss of momentum - I’m always moving forward. But perhaps most importantly is tha...

  • FIRST DRAFT
    The Writer sits at his computer, attempting to channel the Muse onto the depressingly blank page. It’s worked before, but today, everything he writes ends up deleted. It was all so perfect the other day!

    A commonly held belief of writing is that it is an unchanging extension of our soul. Either can write or we can’t. Or we’re special because have the ability to channel it from on high. However, there’s another, better method of writing that takes focus away from divinity. I would argue that, in...

  • RESEARCH
    James Clear on Systems
    https://jamesclear.com/goals-systems

    Jack Hart, background, Oregonian
    https://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/hart/About_Jack_Hart.html

    Tim Ferriss DiSSS protocol, Reduction portion
    https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ferriss-disss-system-to-learn-anything-2015-3

    Scamping background what is it, normally speaking?
    https://saladcreative.com/blog/the-value-of-scamping
    Google definition - to do something in a perfunctory or inadequate way
    https://www.mobas.com/inform/the-ar...

  • SECOND DRAFT
    The Writer sits at the computer, struggling to channel the Muse onto the depressingly empty page. It worked before, but today, everything typed ends up deleted. It was all so perfect the other day!

    A commonly held belief of writing is that it is an unchanging extension of our soul. Either can write or we can’t.

    In the opening lines of Jack Hart’s A Writer’s coach, he says “Novices sometimes imagine writing as a dark magic, something known only to some mystical inner circle. They pick up a prof...

  • THINGS TO ADD
    Business project management differences. Where did process oriented vs goal oriented come from? Is an older iteration process vs project orientation? Results driven vs process driven? Effects vs process?

    Write a letter to yourself - disassociative


    Shitty first drafts burn by bird chapter

    P 9, bird by bird, writing as a miracle

    A section on psychology - decreasing fear

    A section on behavioral science - forming habits, etc

  • APPENDIX

    Tome of Transitions

    Lexicon of Ledes

    Encyclopedia of Endings

    These scrivener layers


    Books and Articles
    Jack Hart, A Writer’s Coach
    John McPhee, Structure
    Don Murray, Writing to Deadline
    Encyclopedia of Endings, Poyner Institute
    Stephen King, On Writing
    James Patterson, Masterclass
    Brandon Sanderson, Write about Dragons

    Courses
    Shani Raja - both courses

    J