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created: 2024-02-21 10:39
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updated: 2024-03-12 13:49
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An Archipelago of Ideas separates the two activities your brain has the most difficulty performing at the same time: _choosing_ ideas (known as selection) and _arranging_ them into a logical flow (known as sequencing).
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The goal of an archipelago is that instead of sitting down to a blank page or screen and stressing out about where to begin, **you start with a series of small stepping-stones to guide your efforts**. First you select the points and ideas you want to include in your outline, and then in a separate step, you rearrange and sequence them into an order that flows logically. This makes both of those steps far more efficient, less taxing, and less vulnerable to interruption.
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To create an Archipelago of _Ideas_, you divergently gather a group of ideas, sources, or points that will form the backbone of your essay, presentation, or deliverable. Once you have a critical mass of ideas to work with, you switch decisively into convergence mode and link them together in an order that makes sense.
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