< P > L a s t q u a r t e r I t a l k e d a b o u t i n t e r v i e w i n g / g a t h e r i n g d a t a . S o n o w y o u v e g o t s e v e r a l t h o u s a n d w o r d s o f n o t e s , h o p e f u l l y d i g i t a l l y r e c o r d e d . W h a t c o m e s n e x t ? < / P > < P > G E T T I N G O R G A N I Z E D < / P > < P > I s u g g e s t e d o r g a n i z i n g y o u r i n t e r v i e w q u e s t i o n s i n t o 4 g r o u p s . I m g o i n g t o l a b e l t h e m f o r y o u A , B , C , D . < / P > < P > w h a t i s t h e b u s i n e s s p r o b l e m ? = A < / P > < P > w h a t i s t h e h i g h l e v e l s o l u t i o n ? = B < / P > < P > c a n y o u t e l l m e m o r e a b o u t t h e s o l u t i o n ? = C < / P > < P > w h y s h o u l d I t r u s t y o u ( a s m y v e n d o r ? ) = D < / P > < P > A n y d e c e n t p i e c e o f w r i t i n g h a s a b e g i n n i n g , a m i d d l e a n d a n e n d . S o b e f o r e y o u s t a r t e d i t i n g / w r i t i n g y o u w a n t a m a p , t o s h o w y o u w h e r e y o u a r e g o i n g . T a k e a b l a n k s h e e t o f p a p e r , w r i t e f o u r m a j o r h e a d i n g s a n d l a b e l t h e m A , B , C , D , a s a b o v e . < / P > < P > N o w r e a d y o u r n o t e s . W h e n y o u f i n d d a t a r e l e v a n t t o A ( t h e b u s i n e s s p r o b l e m ) , u n d e r l i n e t h a t c o p y a n d m a r k a b i g A i n t h e m a r g i n ( i n r e d ? ) . K e e p w o r k i n g t h r o u g h u n t i l y o u h a v e m a r k e d u p r e l e v a n t c o p y f o r a l l f o u r s e c t i o n s o f y o u r p i e c e . < / P > < P > Y o u w i l l b e l e a v i n g o u t a n y t h i n g t h a t d o e s n o t s e e m s u i t a b l e a s y o u g o . < / P > < P > T H E C U T A N D P A S T E J O B < / P > < P > N e x t c o m e s a c u t a n d p a s t e j o b . G r o u p t o g e t h e r a l l t h e A s , t h e n t h e B s , C s a n d D s . < / P > < P > N e x t , t a k e a l o o k a t a l l t h e i d e a s y o u h a v e i n t h e A g r o u p . I t h e l p s i f y o u t a k e a n e w s h e e t o f p a p e r a n d w r i t e a l i s t o f t h e i d e a s o r f a c t s i n t h e A g r o u p . N o w p r i o r i t i z e . B e r u t h l e s s . A n d t r u s t y o u r f i r s t i n s t i n c t . I f a n i d e a s e e m s t o l e a p o u t a n d h a v e l i f e , p u t i t f i r s t . T h e l e s s i m p o r t a n t o n e s c o m e l a t e r . W e e d o u t a n y r e p e t i t i o n o r w e a k d a t a . N o w y o u w o r k o n f l o w . D o y o u h a v e a l o g i c a l f l o w o f i d e a s t h a t y o u r r e a d e r c a n f o l l o w ? A r e y o u t e l l i n g h i m / h e r a s t o r y t h a t y o u y o u r s e l f c o u l d b e l i e v e i n ? < / P > < P > Y o u w i l l g o t h r o u g h t h e s a m e e x e r c i s e w i t h t h e r e m a i n i n g b l o c k s o f n o t e s , i e B , C a n d D . < / P > < P > E D I T I N G I S P R I O R I T I Z I N G < / P > < P > E d i t i n g i s p r i o r i t i z i n g . O f t e n y o u w i l l w a n t t o l i m i t a l i s t o f i d e a s t o 3 . T h r e e h a s a f l o w t o i t . A n d i s a b o u t a s m u c h a s a n y r e a d e r o r l i s t e n e r c a n g r a s p a t o n e s i t t i n g . < / P > < P > F i n a l l y y o u p o l i s h . N o w y o u a r e r e a d i n g f o r f l o w o r m u s i c a l i t y . Y o u a r e c u t t i n g o u t s u p e r f l u o u s i d e a s a n d w o r d s . < / P > < P > T h i s i s t h e l o n g w a y t o w r i t e . < / P > < P > T H E S H O R T W A Y T O W R I T E < / P > < P > T h e s h o r t w a y i s t o s i f t a n d p r i o r i t i z e a l l y o u r n o t e s i n y o u r m i n d i e y o u t u r n o n y o u r t h i n k i n g t o o l . T h e k e y i d e a w i l l p o p i n t o v i e w , a n d h e y p r e s t o , y o u b e g i n w r i t i n g a b o u t t h a t o n e . Y o u h a v e a f e e l i n g f o r w h a t c o m e s n e x t a n d w h a t a f t e r t h a t . Y o u u n d e r s t a n d h o w t o p r i o r i t i z e y o u r i d e a s . S o o n w i t h a b i t o f j i g g l i n g i d e a s a r o u n d t h e p a g e , y o u r s t o r y h a s a b e g i n n i n g , a m i d d l e a n d a n e n d . < / P > < P > Y o u c a n t e a c h y o u r s e l f t h e s h o r t w a y b y w r i t i n g t h e l o n g w a y , a g a i n a n d a g a i n . O r b y t u r n i n g c o p y r o u n d i n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e n i g h t f o r a n 0 7 . 0 0 a m d e a d l i n e a s I o f t e n h a d t o d o a s a n e w s p a p e r f e a t u r e w r i t e r . < / P > < P > W h e n w e e n c o u n t e r a n a t u r a l s t y l e , w e a r e a s t o n i s h e d a n d d e l i g h t e d : f o r w e e x p e c t e d t o s e e a n a u t h o r , a n d w e f i n d a m a n . B l a i s e P a s c a l . Q u o t e d w i t h t h a n k s t o J o h n R . T r i m b l e , W r i t i n g w i t h S t y l e p u b l i s h e d b y P r e n t i c e H a l l . < / P > < P > D o y o u h a v e a r o b u s t m a r k e t i n g p l a n t o e x e c u t e a g a i n s t ? H o w c l e a r a n d p e r s u a s i v e i s y o u r w e b s i t e , b r o c h u r e c o p y o r d i r e c t m a i l ? C a l l N e r o l i L a c e y N O W t o w i n m o r e b u s i n e s s T O D A Y . < / P >
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