The article creation method I used while posting on note every day for 5 months

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Oh, hey there!
I have finally reached a full 5 months (150 days) of posting on note every day. This is all thanks to you guys who visit every day without getting bored, and...

the gift of my own talent.
(I get carried away easily)

This time, I'll be writing about various things under the title “The article writing method I’ve been using.” For these 150 days, I have basically been writing articles using the same method. Or rather, I realized it had become second nature!

It’s a bit embarrassing to write about the behind-the-scenes of myself like this, but I’d be happy if the content of this article could be of some reference, even just a little.

(By the way, the previous 4th month is here)

1. Create a top image

My note articles always start with creating a top image.
I think about what to write while creating the top image.Of course, I have a vague idea of what I’m going to write, but I think about the details after I’ve created the top image.

The order might seem a bit strange, but in my case, if I can’t get the top image to look just right, I don’t feel like writing at all. (Conversely, when I make a good one, I start to feel like I can write something.)

I think there are people who do note who will understand this. For that reason, my note article creation always starts with looking for something usable in my photo folder.

2. Write something

I turn the “content to be written as an article” that I thought of while creating the top image into text. At this time, I don’t think about the structure or length of the sentences at all; I just write as the mood takes me.

While writing, I often want to re-read it or check for typos, but I don’t do that at all.
I just keep writing non-stop.

This is because I value the tension I feel while writing, so when I write, I focus only on writing. Proofreading and such come later.

3. Refine

Once I’ve finished writing everything, I refine it.
I mainly look at the following 5 points.

① Typos and omissions
I fix homophones, things that were automatically converted to kanji, and phrases where I don’t like the kanji notation.

② Connective words
Check if the same connective expressions are being used repeatedly and if the conjunctions are used correctly.

③ Sentence endings
Check if the same phrasing is being used too frequently here as well.

④ Article structure
Look at the order of development. Rearrange the order to make it even slightly easier to understand, or delete parts that are overly wordy.

⑤ Idioms
With a thesaurus in hand, convert expressions into more appropriate idioms. Alternatively, convert idioms into simpler phrasing.

For now, this takes about an hour. Given my concentration span, I can't keep it up for longer than this. If I need to revise more than this, I make it a rule to do it the next day.

4. Let it sit

Once the revision is done, I let the draft sit for about a month.

After a month has passed, even if I was the one who wrote it, I can easily forget what I wrote. (In my case)

This “forgetting” is the key.
When writing or revising, I am often in a kind of writer's high (the writing version of a runner's high). There are plenty of things you don't notice when you're in a heightened state of excitement, and if it's conveyed strangely to others after you post it, saying "that's not what I meant" is completely after the fact.

Therefore, I let it sit so that I can calm down myself. When I read it again after a month, sometimes I get depressed thinking, "Huh? Why is this so uninteresting?" and other times I praise myself, thinking, "I'm incredibly interesting!"
Of course, there are also times when I get depressed because an article I put out thinking it was super interesting didn't get read much.

Afterword

Well, that's how I write my articles!
Even if there are some differences in the order, maybe everyone writes in roughly the same way. I am surprised myself that I have kept this up for 150 days.
And thank you so much for always coming to read. My reason for existing on note is definitely within you all.
Well then, see you in a month!

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