3.0 Reflection on ??rticle Writing

??????????????????: And so, we find ourselves reflecting in the pond of prose once more. What do we see? Repetition repeating too much? An incredible network of professionals willing to stake their reputation by associating with my work? New branding fonts looking like a mess in your email inboxes? Too many rhetorical questions? Only time, and reading this article in said time, will tell.

Learnings

• AI is a catalyst. It expedites my processes tremendously but doesn't work without human intervention and manual tools. So here's my article writing stack: ChatGPT4, DALL-E, AdobeExpress + LingoJam. The key is to treat your AI Tech as colleagues and continue to interact with them to iterate. Hence why I've changed my AI reference in the article posts from (?????????? ?????????????? - ?????????????? ????????????] to (????-?????????????? ???????? ??????????????4]
• Editing is where your true voice resides. And more importantly, is easily replicable because it's process-driven. The first draft I write is never good. I'm starting to suspect the same of the pros too. I treasure my editing process as much as I do my ideation of article concepts. So should you choose to write, determine a simple editing process before you do. That way you won't be stressed in the initial draft (Candour - I barely edit my reflections, I believe it safeguards the authenticity. However a part of me wonders if it's just an excuse!)
• Fonts...I've been going a little heavy with them of late in case you hadn't noticed. I can thank my colleague Ravi Sekhon and my wife for snapping me out of it...somewhat. You see the different fonts allow for my content to differentiate visually. I just need to be a little more subtle with it. I'm also aware you who receive emails of new editions will have been getting unusual symbols in the titles. I've rectified this but do let me know if it happens to you again.

Pats on the Back

The first stint of educational articles as Edu??criptive with new branding and format. I reckon the aesthetic of the Newsletter has been largely improved with the rebrand. Many thanks to DALL-E for producing some beautiful images and for the easy-to-learn Adobe Express for this back pat!

I've been making good use of polls to add an interactive element to your reading. Previously I had tried to instigate discussions in the comments but I wasn't finding the right hook. My desire is for these polls to become statistically significant and allow me to share impactful results in the 'Let's Review' section below. I've done so with the current ones to give you a taste.

Let's Review

Leaning too much into one theme across three articles is boring. All of them were entitled Implementation Gap - ... which I think was beating your brow too much. I intend to continue with thematic articles in educational writing, but in a more varied sense to avoid monotone.

Poll Results

Caveat: These results are statistically insignificant and merely serve as a thought provocation.

Goal Monitoring

Advice from the Armchair

Start! Whatever it is you're thinking of. I'm a plan man myself. But I never planned to have a newsletter. I never planned to have a pedagogy quick learning series . These outcomes came from serious play with no end goal in mind. Just a here-and-now approach to learning a skill and enjoying the moment. So if you 'fancy it' then do it. You'll soon know if you like it or just the idea of it. Either way, you can move on from the what-ifs.

The Last Word

I've had quite a bit of exposure recently and that's mainly been down to a few individuals who have engaged wholeheartedly in what I'm trying to do here. Thank you so much for reposting my content, furthering the ideas I've shared through insightful comments, and liking whatever you can whenever you can. It's a privilege to have your ear.