How an idea becomes something published
The pipeline is the difference between publishing when inspired and publishing on purpose. Four stages is enough. Any more and the system becomes the work.
Sitting in the notes app with nothing done to it yet
Written or shot. Rough. Nobody has seen it.
Being cut down. This is where most things die and that is correct.
Out. Dated. Findable later.
Rules that keep it moving
Never have fewer than 5 ideas in the first column
An idea that has been in draft for 30 days gets killed or shipped
One publish slot a week beats four in a good week and none for a month
Batch the boring stage. Do all the thumbnails at once and hate it once
Ideas captured this month
22
Published this month
4
Died in edit
6
Median idea to published
11 days
Track the death rate on purpose. A pipeline where nothing dies means you are publishing everything which means the bar is wherever your energy was that day.