Incremental writing example in SuperMemo 19

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Intro

This video illustrates the process of incremental writing.

This text and video are used to explain SuperMemo, a pioneer of spaced repetition software since 1987. For other videos see: SuperMemo Video

Video outline

The incremental writing process:

  • writing an outline or outlines
  • processing outlines with incremental reading or neural review; reading, learning, writing in a loop
  • expanding knowledge with incremental reading or neural review in a separate knowledge collection
  • importing snippets worth writing about or snippets that illustrate selected topics (e.g. with extra evidence)
  • continual incremental review and incremental writing (in work collection, in learning collections, in To Do branch, or in the main body of text)
  • building the structure of the tree
  • exporting the outcome (e.g. File : Export : Document) or moving the process to incremental writing environment (e.g. Media Wiki, Substack, Medium, WordPress, etc.)

Supplementary texts:

FAQ

Summary

  • 📚 Incremental Writing & Reading: Incremental writing begins with collecting diverse ideas and creating an outline. Incremental reading supports this by breaking down complex information into manageable pieces for organization and coherence.
  • 🧩 Outline Creation & Flexible Structure: The writer drafts multiple outlines, organized or not, adding snippets of knowledge randomly without a set sequence, which allows for adaptability and inspiration.
  • 🔄 Continuous Reassembly & Elimination of Writer’s Block: By always having material to work with, incremental writing bypasses writer's block. Writers keep reshuffling ideas, so new insights continue to emerge.
  • 🌳 Knowledge Tree and Consolidation: Information is structured into a knowledge tree, a hierarchy of branches representing subtopics that are refined and combined into coherent sections or chapters.
  • 🔍 Dynamic Editing Process: The editing involves consolidating fragments, linking pieces, and reshaping content based on interest and relevance. This iterative approach builds a big-picture view.
  • 💡 Tools & Techniques: Techniques such as neural review and Search&review allow for checking content coherence, finding contradictions, duplicates, and distributing information effectively.
  • 🎉 Creative & Randomized Process: With built-in randomness and passion-driven selection, incremental writing encourages creativity and makes the learning-and-writing loop more enjoyable.

The video presents an exemplary collection with 162 elements, showing how snippets of knowledge contribute to a larger piece of writing. There is also a mention of 1,800 elements for a book written in the course of a year, which illustrates the scale of work involved in incremental writing, consolidating a massive amount of information into a coherent whole.

Questions covered

  1. How does incremental writing aid in overcoming writer's block?
  2. What role does the knowledge tree play in organizing content?
  3. What are the benefits and challenges of using randomized content review in incremental writing or neural review?

Timestamps for Key Topics

  1. Introduction to Incremental Writing and Reading: Describes the foundational concepts behind incremental writing and its relationship with incremental reading.
  2. Outline Creation & Flexible Structure: Explains the initial outline process and the flexibility allowed in developing ideas.
  3. Avoiding Writer’s Block: Discusses how incremental writing prevents writer’s block by always having ideas to work with.
  4. Example of a Writing Collection: Illustrates an example collection and how various elements contribute to article development.
  5. Building the Knowledge Tree: Introduces the knowledge tree, which structures ideas into branches for incremental review.
  6. Randomness and Creativity: Describes how randomness helps with creativity and eliminates structured writer’s block.
  7. Heritability Example: Examines heritability concepts and their placement within the knowledge tree.
  8. Incremental Reading and Writing Loop: Details the process of importing and enhancing knowledge through incremental reading.
  9. Editing and Consolidation Phase: Explains how ideas are consolidated and structured in final phases.
  10. Tools and Search Functionality: Highlights the role of search tools in incremental writing for identifying duplicates and contradictions.
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