One reason why I never finish any blog post is probably because I’m just immediately starting to write it. I think it is better to first build a very good understanding of whatever I’m trying to understand. Only when I’m sure I have understood do I start to create a very narrowly scoped writeup?
Doing this has two advantages. First, it speeds up the research process, because writing down all your thoughts is slow.
Second, it speeds up the writing of the final document. You are not confused about the thing, and you can focus on what is the best way to communicate it. This reduces how much editing you need to do. You also scope yourself by only writing up the most important things.
Detangle Communicative Writing and Research
One reason why I never finish any blog post is probably because I’m just immediately starting to write it. I think it is better to first build a very good understanding of whatever I’m trying to understand. Only when I’m sure I have understood do I start to create a very narrowly scoped writeup?
Doing this has two advantages. First, it speeds up the research process, because writing down all your thoughts is slow.
Second, it speeds up the writing of the final document. You are not confused about the thing, and you can focus on what is the best way to communicate it. This reduces how much editing you need to do. You also scope yourself by only writing up the most important things.
See also here more concrete steps on how to do this.