Title: 1-1-1
Source/ Author: Tim Duggan writing for Outlet (Substack)
Cost: Free to read
TL;DR
Distill writing into one page, then one paragraph, then one sentence. Can’t explain anything I can’t describe in one sentence.
Notes:
- Try to distill main ideas/problems into just one page of writing. Then distill the page into one paragraph. Finally, write one sentence as an overview (kind of like an elevator pitch).
- Suggestion was to use NotebookLM (or other AI) to do this.
Margin Notes:
- A good exercise to get clarity.
- I should try to keep most posts under 500 words anyway (this is a natural must-do for No Magic Beans anyway).
- I don’t want to use AI for any writing whatsoever, but it might not be a bad idea to distill books into one paragraph summaries using AI, just for a reference point of what the book is about, key points. Might work especially well for books I haven’t yet read.
