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Classic Tools for Reverse Outlining
People who write and/or are interested in designing writing tools. Also people who are familiar with language models and curious about their potential to improve the writing process
Reverse outlining is one of my go-to writing tactics when I’m stuck on a piece of writing. It’s the opposite of traditional outlining. Rather than outlining the shape of your piece first, organising the structure, and then filling in all the details, you do it backwards.
Bring in the Language Models
You start with a long, rambling, unorganised slew of text first: you write the messy and chaotic first draft without worrying too much about structure. Then you go through the piece and for every paragraph, write a single sentence that summarises it.
You then put your one-sentence summaries on small, moveable objects like post-it notes or cards, and reorganise them into a sensible flow.
Design Considerations & Open Questions
Once you have a decent structure to work within, you go back to your crappy first draft, cut and paste salvageable bits of it into the new structure, and smooth out all the rough transitions.
For a more comprehensive description of this process, read this guide from Explorations of Style Explorations of Style is a fantastic writing blog that is worth spending a weekend on. Start with the links for new folks .
值得单独记下的观察
- Easily spot logical flaws or holes in your argument
- Add transitional bridges between paragraphs that make large leaps or change topics unexpectedly
- Combine paragraphs that are trying to say the same thing
- Remove paragraphs you don’t need or are tangential to the argument
- Break up paragraphs that are trying to say too many things in one breath
- Arrange your points into a narrative arc that will make sense to the reader
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- 先写清这个工具在强化思考还是在替人思考。
- 默认交互不要只会谄媚：该追问、该给反例、该要求证据。
- 智能体界面要露出推理步骤，而不是只给一个光滑答案。
- 知识发布用可生长的笔记，而不是一次性营销长文。
- 改产品前先画隐喻：用户以为自己在做什么，系统实际在做什么。
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在「Classic Tools for Reverse Outlining」部分，要点是：riting process Reverse outlining is one of my go-to writing tactics when I’m stuck on a piece of writing. It’s the opposite of traditional outlining. Rather than outlining the shape of your piece first, organising the st
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在「Bring in the Language Models」部分，要点是：the piece and for every paragraph, write a single sentence that summarises it. You then put your one-sentence summaries on small, moveable objects like post-it notes or cards, and reorganise them into a sensible flow. D