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The Spark File
- Capture the ideas and insights that spark your interest. A sticky note, a voice memo, or an app like Notion—whatever works.
- Organize them so you can find them later. Categories, tags, or even a simple “Projects” list will do.
- Distill your notes into their essential meaning. Ask: What’s the big takeaway here?
- Express your ideas by using them in
Jenn • How to Build a Personal Knowledge System That Fuels Your Creativity
I interviewed keeps his Backburner as a running Microsoft Word document on his computer. On the last Sunday of every month, he prints out this ten- or fifteen-page document and, pen in one hand and beer in the other, spends half an hour editing the list. As he reviews each entry, he either cuts it, keeps it, or—in some cases—turns the
Scott Belsky • Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
#1: Have an Idea-Catching system
Patrick Sanaghan • Climbing Bubbles: How To Increase Your "Creative IQ
Instead of using Notion to track my budding essay ideas, I’m going to do it analog. Essay are ideas are fleeting, scarce, and expire so easily. Databases become burdens. These things are usually bloat that don’t even help you write or publish more. Once a month I archive my written list of leads and start over. It’s write or die.
Shawn and I start almost all our writing by journalling in long- hand (pencil and paper); either Morning Pages, or any expression of freewriting (see Accidental Genius, one of our favorite nonfiction books of all time).
We’ve found there is no better way (for us) to bump into non- obvious ideas and discover meaningful head-slapping insights than by... See more
We’ve found there is no better way (for us) to bump into non- obvious ideas and discover meaningful head-slapping insights than by... See more