Ideas don’t arrive in outline form: they come associatively, in fragments, out of sequence. A writing practice that forces linear order at the start creates friction with how cognition actually works. [[Non-linear note making]] is the system-level version of this: associative ontologies beat hierarchical ones for building knowledge because they match the actual shape of how connections form. Writing the way you think means following the association before imposing structure. The structure comes later, in editing.
[[Write notes for yourself by default]] is the permission structure that makes this possible without the audience pressure that straightens everything out prematurely. The drafting phase is where you follow the thought wherever it goes. [[Evergreen notes should be atomic]] is what you arrive at on the other side: the fragment finds its note and the note finds its claim.