Does anyone have a good system for prioritising publishing drafts?
By Will Howard🔹 @ 2025-06-06T16:55 (+16)
I've been thinking about ways to optimise the EA Forum to increase the likelihood that ideas go from peoples' heads to being published in some form (relevant). My general idea is like this:
- Make it an easy default action to start writing out an idea and save it as a draft.
- Nudge people to finish and post these drafts.
On (2), I think it would be good if we could recommend a system to people to get drafts over the line, but I have never successfully followed any such system myself.
Does anyone have a process you follow that reliably results in publishing things from your draft pile?
Example systems for illustration:
Example 1
- Look at your list of drafts, and rank the most promising ones by:
- How quick it would be to parcel out any publishable idea and post it.
- How valuable this idea is.
- How excited you are about writing this.
- Whether this is part of a fruitful conversation.
- Optimise heavily for (a) and (d), subject to (c) it being just about bearable to write. Use (b) to break ties.
Example 2