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Keeping Track of Your Ideas

I’ve mentioned before that I carry a Moleskine notebook to jot down ideas. That’s not as convenient at the computer, or if you want to make some detailed notes that will turn in to your article.

For that, I use Google Docs. If you spend a lot of the time at the computer and would like a quick, easy way to track ideas, then consider Google Docs as a solution.

If I come up with an article idea, I open a new document and jot down the idea on the first line. If I don’t change it, this will be the working title of the document. Then, any time I have an idea or think of something to include in the article, I simply make a note it the document and get back to whatever I was doing. If you leave Google Docs open in a browser all the time, you can record your ideas in under a minute. Talk about minimal interruptions!

Following this method, you can work on an article in bits and pieces, keep track of your ideas, and produce better articles, more quickly.