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by PixelBadger Creative Production › Deep Drafting

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80 minutes 7 Steps

  1. Set up

    • Notifications off, chat closed
    • One-line promise: what will the reader be able to do afterwards?
    • Name the reader, e.g. a junior Rails developer

  2. Write the code samples

    25 minutes

    Get minimal, working examples running and paste them into the draft in order.

  3. Outline around the code

    10 minutes

    One heading per sample, with one sentence under each on why it matters.

  4. Break

    5 minutes

    Away from the screen.

  5. Draft the body

    30 minutes

    Fill in every section. Don't edit or polish. Leave a TODO for anything you need to look up.

  6. Write the intro last

    10 minutes

    The problem, who it's for, and what they'll have by the end.

  7. Wrap up

    • List every remaining TODO
    • Jot down three title ideas
    • Commit or save the draft