Bob Doto A System For Writing Pdf [repack] Info

A student later asked, "What's the secret to writing a PDF?"

He wrote a using his notes as bones: [[Note 401]] – Dandelions

He closed the word processor.

Wait, but the reader needs a warning first. Insert [[Note 402]] here. He pulled notes into the draft, not by copying, but by (embedding). The draft was a conversation between his past self (the notes) and his present self (the editor).

Moral: A well-structured writing system turns a daunting PDF into a garden of interconnected, atomic notes that grow themselves. bob doto a system for writing pdf

Bob opened a new file: (plain text, no formatting traps).

And the system lived on.

Bob held up an index card. "Don't write a PDF. Write a system for writing a PDF. The document is just the ghost that appears when you stop moving the notes."