So obviously you might run an entirely different program than this, or a variation with different focuses.
But, my intent here was that you are not just forced to generate 500-word ideas, but also more complex 2500 word ideas.
I agree that often the best presentation of an idea is shorter. But, your grab-bag of stuff post should probably just get published piecemeal during 500-word daily writeups. The program’s intent is that along the two weeks, you are also thinking of idea-fragments that do build on each other such that the long post is a natural unit.
(That said, I think the rules of the program should not kick you out if you published a grab-bag effortpost. But, you should not go in with that intent, and should feel kinda embarrassed about it, in this context. It’s more like “the minimum before failing out”)
((I’m not sure 2500 is the right wordcount. Maybe actually it should be 1500, or it should be agnostic between writing one 3000 word post or 3 1000 word posts-in-a-sequence. But, I do think it’s correct for the program to push towards longform thinking. I think you will learn more about how to think overall if you think about ideas at different scales).
So obviously you might run an entirely different program than this, or a variation with different focuses.
But, my intent here was that you are not just forced to generate 500-word ideas, but also more complex 2500 word ideas.
I agree that often the best presentation of an idea is shorter. But, your grab-bag of stuff post should probably just get published piecemeal during 500-word daily writeups. The program’s intent is that along the two weeks, you are also thinking of idea-fragments that do build on each other such that the long post is a natural unit.
(That said, I think the rules of the program should not kick you out if you published a grab-bag effortpost. But, you should not go in with that intent, and should feel kinda embarrassed about it, in this context. It’s more like “the minimum before failing out”)
((I’m not sure 2500 is the right wordcount. Maybe actually it should be 1500, or it should be agnostic between writing one 3000 word post or 3 1000 word posts-in-a-sequence. But, I do think it’s correct for the program to push towards longform thinking. I think you will learn more about how to think overall if you think about ideas at different scales).
I liked the idea enough that I’m considering a lower expectation diy version of it for myself, and so wanted to think better about what to consider.
I certainly endorse you constructing the version of this that feels right for you and doing that!
I would ask “what are your goals here, more specifically?” as the first step to thinking about the actual parameters you wanna set.