Article ideas live longer when you have your own Personal Idea Capturing System (PICS). Read on wild reader to discover how to create your own personal idea capturing system.
We have all had the experience of coming up with great idea for article only to forget it later because we did not capture the idea. This used to frustrate me so much. I'd tell myself oh yeah this is such I great idea there is no way I can forget it.
I have found that there are as many ways to forget an article idea as there are artilce ideas. So I have created a term your personal idea capturing system, or your pics.
Now this sounds all technical but it's really not. The most important thing is having a system to capture your article ideas.
Idea capturing options
Option 1 -- write it down -- the weakest ink is still better than the strongest memory.
Option 2 -- type it into your computer -- same thing as above. The dimmest computer screen is more reliable than the brightest mind and capturing an article idea.
Option 3 -- record your article idea -- I carry with me a small personal recording device that I can speak into whatever I want to capture article ideas. Many cell phones come with this feature where you can record a memo into the phone. In a pinch when I have not had my little recording device or my cell phone with me, and even called my own voicemail and left myself a message with the article idea. This can be good for a laugh later when you had forgotten that you do this, check your messages and find a message from yourself.
From Jeff Herring - The Article Guy
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