(Column) Example of "to write all out" method
I used the method described in this chapter for years. I use the method for preparing lectures. I also used the method to write this book.
So, as a concrete example here, I show you some pieces for the chapter.
https://gyazo.com/e9f5bb041ededf27c04c0a116d4b5f13
Fig: the actual pieces for writing this chapter
Rough translation of each piece for English readers is as follow. The broken grammar is intentional because I didn't care about grammatical correctness when I made the real Japanese pieces.):
Method to organize thought
thought won't be organized:
too much?
too less?
report
can't write
Do I need to create new knowledge?→(6)
But organizing also build new pyramid in brain
Too many tasks, confusing
→ related to chapter 2
GTD = write out method
Too much? Too less?
Try to write 5 minutes
First try to write 100 pieces
write out method
First write everything come up with
Try to write 100 pieces
measurable goal
interrupt-able
→dupulication is OK
level is not aligned first they come out
don't mind dupulication, together after
can write only less → lack of material to think
write out → small number → evidence of lack
back to chapter 4 and read 3 books roughly
You can see that there are many duplications in the content.
I made pieces once when I planed the contents of this book. It was in May 2016. I wrote "first try to write 100 pieces" because I usually do that.
After that, I left those pieces for chapter 5 aside and wrote the previous chapters. When I was writing the way to motivate yourself in Chapter 2, I noticed that it is a too big task for readers who are unfamiliar with the "to write all out" method. They can not predict how long the task takes. ((2.3.1) Task is too big) In Chapter 2 (2.3.2) Timeboxing, I explained the method to motivate yourself by making a task smaller, breaking it by time. As a concrete application of timeboxing, I add a new piece "try to write 5 minutes" that keeps the first step small. And then I re-arranged those pieces, and convert them into sentences. It was August 2017.