The Bullet Drafts Method Will Forever Change The Way You Write
- Value promise: The Bullet Drafts Method is a much more powerful and flexible way to write your first draft.
- Bullet Drafts Explained
- Bullet Drafts look like this post.
- They merge outlining and writing the first draft into the same process.
- Benefits of using bullet drafts to outline your writing
- Explore your ideas, focus on figuring out what you have to say without wasting mental energy on writing.
- No need to write introductions/conclusions or expand on ideas, just list the key takeaways.
- No need for eloquent (or even grammatically correct) sentences.
- That comes later, when it's time to write and edit your post.
- And at the writing stage, you won't have to think about the ideas or structure of your post.
- No need to write transitions between sections.
- Forces you to create good ideas - no way to cover poor or boring ideas with flowery writing.
- Very flexible and easy to edit
- Editing regular drafts is time consuming, when you want to change something you often have to change the sentences around it.
- Bullet drafts allow you to edit and rearrange your points without rewriting big chunks of text.
- Easy to skim - see your post at a glance.
- It forces you to organize your thoughts, instead of spewing the stream of consciousness.
- Shaped like your brain
- Regular drafts arrange ideas linearly.
- Bullet Drafts are tree-shaped - just like your ideas.
- Not intimidating, fast and easy to write, easy to get started with.
- Perfect for quickly capturing ideas.
- A post idea can be effortlessly expressed as a couple of bullet points.
- It can evolve over time as you add ideas to the list.
- By the time you decide to write the post, it's 60% finished.
- Explore your ideas, focus on figuring out what you have to say without wasting mental energy on writing.
- How to write Bullet Drafts
- Start with 3-5 key points your article is about.
- Write subpoints under each one, list things you want to say.
- Use full sentences.
Keep them brief, but fully describe what you want to say. - Use tools like Obsidian, Dynalist, or Workflowy that allow you to conveniently edit lists (easily rearrange and collapse bullet points).
- You can start bullet points with words "Example:", "Evidence:", "Explanation:", etc.
- Example: This is how you clarify what this bullet point is about.
- Sidenote: You can also insert diagrams, images, videos to clarify your points.
- Keep a list of links and references at the end.
- Call To Action
- Try writing your next post using this method.
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- Tell me what you think about this idea in the comments.
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