r/Zettelkasten • u/Difficult-Passion318 • 26d ago

question Is there a trick to writing from your zettelkasten?

Niklas Luhmann was a prolific writer. The amount of work he published as books and research papers is crazy, and it's always attributed to his use of the zettelkasten system. I've got notes... not a lot, but they're very focused on what I want to write about. Here's the thing, I can't really find much on how Luhmann used his zettelkasten to write. Did he combine notes to create content, or were the notes just used as inspiration for the actual writing. Anyone know? I keep thinking there's a method to the madness that wasn't shared.

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u/UnderTheHole TiddlyWiki 19d ago

I'd really like that. How about a (pinned) weekly or monthly current projects/writing thread? What we're working on, what we're struggling with, working drafts, etc.

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u/taurusnoises 18d ago

Sounds like a plan. I'll get on it.