Every time we read something, we make a decision on what is worth writing down and what is not. Every time we make a permanent note, we also make a decision about the aspects of a text we regard as relevant for our longer-term thinking and the development of our ideas. We constantly make explicit how ideas and information connect with each other and turn them into literal connections between our notes. By doing this, we develop visible clusters of ideas that are now ready to be turned into manuscripts.
at first, there is nothing. then one meaningful note. then one meaningful connection between notes. then one thing worth writing about. then many.
