On Writing: The Funnel vs. the Brain Dump standard
Ben Tomhave posted a GREAT overview of what he calls The Writing Funnel—his method of organizing thoughts into publishable content. If you have not already read his post, you should stop by the link above first. A ten minute read and well worth it. Ben describes how a thought becomes content in his “Falcon’s *-line (star-line) Approach to Writing” as three unique steps: Offline, Tagline, and Outline. For the majority of my writing, I use both the Offline and Tagline concepts in almost the exact same way. The Offline concept for me works well in a couple of areas, such as working on a plane without Wi-Fi, or in a place where I cannot (or do not wish to) connect ...
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