Example Writing a Paper:

  1. Make fleeting notes.
  2. Make literature notes.
  3. Make permanent notes.
  4. Add permanent notes to the slip-box:
    1. File each one with similar notes
    2. Add links to related notes
    3. Use a system to find them in the future
  5. Develop your topics, questions, and research projects bottom up from within the system.
  6. After a while, you will have developed ideas far enough to decide on a topic to write about.
  7. Turn your notes into a rough draft.
  8. Edit and proofread