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write a short essay (100-300 words, ~ mini essays should be short enough to be above the fold) about a single idea
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idea from 📀 Mini Essays﹕ The Ultimate Learning Tool - YouTube
- ~ spend most your time on beginnings
- ~ move from simplicity to complexity
- ~ every scene needs drama and stake
- Montaigne developed the modern essay as a result of his midlife crisis
- ~ if you want to get better, extend the range of topics and sources you're willing to look at
- ~ in essays, focus on the Crunch
- ~ essay conclusion should add nothing new
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~ in essays, explain what you're up to right at the beginning
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see also: Feynman method, evergreen note