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# I learned a system for writing effortlessly
- URL: https://www.writerscience.com/show/i-learned-a-system-for-writing-effortlessly/
- Published: 2026-04-26T13:00:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-10T00:57:28.000Z
- Description: Learn an unconventional writing system that'll help you write effortlessly
- Author: William Fitzpatrick
- Tags: Show

My notetaking system wasn't so much a second brain as a filing cabinet: ideas go in, and there they die.

This system turns it into a windmill. Notes become refined through a system of processing and linking, until forgotten ideas surface on their own.

The big change came when I integrated AI. But I was careful to build guardrails around it. I didn't want AI to modify my notes; I only wanted to use it as a navigation layer.  

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