Day 1
Write the reader’s question in a single sentence. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to write the reader’s question in a single sentence, and which condition helped?
Day 2
Collect three observations that support an answer. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to collect three observations that support an answer, and which condition helped?
Day 3
Start the draft with a direct response to the question. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to start the draft with a direct response to the question, and which condition helped?
Day 4
Add a concrete example from a familiar situation. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to add a concrete example from a familiar situation, and which condition helped?
Day 5
Give two different arguments their own paragraphs. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to give two different arguments their own paragraphs, and which condition helped?
Day 6
Replace a vague word with an observable action. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to replace a vague word with an observable action, and which condition helped?
Day 7
Read the draft aloud and mark a difficult sentence. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to read the draft aloud and mark a difficult sentence, and which condition helped?
Day 8
Remove repetition that does not add meaning. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to remove repetition that does not add meaning, and which condition helped?
Day 9
Write a transition between two important ideas. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to write a transition between two important ideas, and which condition helped?
Day 10
Check that the headline matches the content. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to check that the headline matches the content, and which condition helped?
Day 11
Ask a reader to name the main point without hints. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to ask a reader to name the main point without hints, and which condition helped?
Day 12
Revise the passage the reader understood differently. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to revise the passage the reader understood differently, and which condition helped?
Day 13
Compare the finished text with the original question. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to compare the finished text with the original question, and which condition helped?
Day 14
Save your editing checks for the next piece. Choose an amount that fits today’s actual schedule. After trying the action, mark the day and save one useful observation.
What happened when you tried to save your editing checks for the next piece, and which condition helped?