Writing

Develop your topics, questions and research projects bottom up from within the system. See what is there, what is missing and what questions arise. Read more to challenge, strengthen, change and develop your arguments according to the new information you are learning about.

Clutter is the official language used by corporations to hide their mistakes.

Write exactly one note for each idea and write as if you were writing for someone else: Use full sentences, disclose your sources, make references and try to be as precise, clear and brief as possible.

Most first drafts can be cut by 50 percent without losing any information or losing the author’s voice.

writing wasn’t easy and wasn’t fun. It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed.

What works for me (as I said previously) is a single line at the top of the page that sums up the main point I'm trying to make. Then I list some key points that relate to or support my bigger idea. Then I go back and expand on those ideas in another sentence or two, creating paragraphs. Then I move the paragraphs around, adding transitions between

Turn your notes into a rough draft. Don’t simply copy your notes into a manuscript. Translate them into something coherent and embed them into the context of your argument

Clutter is the laborious phrase that has pushed out the short word that means the same thing.