5 Essential Steps to Craft, Optimise, and Track Online Writing

Today I decided to share my workflow and the tools I use and how I go about using them for daily writing and publishing. It is split into 5 stages and includes screenshots of how I wrote this article!

From Draft to Published Article: My Ultimate Toolkit to Go from Idea to Article in 5 Steps

I write and publish 'mostly' daily and needed a workflow that allows me to go from idea to published article in a frictionless way.

Today I decided to share my workflow and the tools I use and how I go about using them for daily writing and publishing.

It is split into 5 stages and includes screenshots of how I wrote this article!

1. Harvest Ideas

Ideas come to me at different stages of my day. It could be while I’m driving, while I’m running, in a meeting, or during my sleep.

I try to catch them all! The tools I use depend on exactly when and where I’m at. The quickest way to capture something is using my Apple Watch. I have it configured so I can record a note with the press of a button. If I’m running, I actually use my headset for it.

All I do is talk and outline the title and some ideas I want to get across.

I do the same on my phone using Apple Notes or a shortcut I created to share something dire…