Prolific Writing Tricks

Be a prolific writer

When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular, I’ll remember everything better; everything w... See more

Sari Azout • The End of Productivity

Thought generator是一個很好的比喻

隨手記，之後再成文章

One lucrative way to use web video is product creation, as in using web video to create products. There are a number of ways you can do this, from screen recordings that demonstrate software to screen recordings that teach a particular topic to live videos that teach or demonstrate a topic to combinations of both.

Shama Hyder • The Zen of Social Media Marketing: An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue

用Video來產生內容

這的確是很好的策略

而我也有動機再去把Video的byproduct,

例如transcript, slides等等進一步開發

開發後又可以Video一次，形成飛輪

轉成講義，小書，書籍，課程

所以開始養成每天發Video特別重要

如何操作Atomic video?

最少3分鐘，然後拿逐字稿，

然候轉為電子報，用Substack做Documentation.

感覺是一個蠻不錯的工作流程

適合自己有很多話想一直講的主題

One executive suggests a discipline — putting down first what you want the reader to do, next the three most important things the reader needs to understand to take that action, then starting to write. When you’re done, he suggests asking

Kenneth Roman • Writing That Works

一件讓讀者要採取的行動

加上三個讀者需要理解的概念

很不錯的寫作策略！

There is one reliable sign if you managed to structure your workflow according to the fact that writing is not a linear process, but a circular one: the problem of finding a topic is replaced by the problem of having too many topics to write about.

Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking

寫作不是線性的而是循環的。

你總是可以找到新的焦點然候再寫一篇