After 20,000+ hours of collaboration with 400+ writers, my team and I developed a new framework for writing:
— COMPOSE —
C = Concept![Feuer 🔥](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f525.png)
O = Objective![Rakete 🚀](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f680.png)
M = Material![Farbpalette 🎨](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3a8.png)
![Bücher 📚](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4da.png)
![Puzzle piece 🧩](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9e9.png)
P = Plan ♟
O = Organization![Gebäude im Klassischen Stil 🏛](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3db.png)
S = Style![Dunkle Sonnenbrille 🕶](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f576.png)
E = Elegance![Keikogi 🥋](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f94b.png)
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— COMPOSE —
C = Concept
![Feuer 🔥](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f525.png)
O = Objective
![Rakete 🚀](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f680.png)
M = Material
![Farbpalette 🎨](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3a8.png)
![Bücher 📚](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4da.png)
![Puzzle piece 🧩](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9e9.png)
P = Plan ♟
O = Organization
![Gebäude im Klassischen Stil 🏛](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3db.png)
S = Style
![Dunkle Sonnenbrille 🕶](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f576.png)
E = Elegance
![Keikogi 🥋](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f94b.png)
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![Feuer 🔥](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f525.png)
You want to understand it more deeply.
When you talk about it, you learn new things that you didn’t recognize before.
Ideally, it’s a “mindworm” that won’t leave you alone.
![Rakete 🚀](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f680.png)
Maybe you want readers to learn something, buy something, believe something, or laugh.
Or maybe your objective is to quench your curiosity—to understand a topic better. That quest is no less worthy.
![Farbpalette 🎨](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3a8.png)
![Bücher 📚](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4da.png)
![Puzzle piece 🧩](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f9e9.png)
It includes:
* definitions
* descriptions
* stories
* arguments
* data
* examples
Think: “What might get my readers to feel, think, do, or understand what I intend?”
Gather now; judge later.
♟ PLAN means “think a few moves ahead.”
Plan to cover all the essential points, and only the essential points.
Plan loosely! Bullets & sketches are more useful than meticulous outlines.
Plan to cover all the essential points, and only the essential points.
Plan loosely! Bullets & sketches are more useful than meticulous outlines.
![Gebäude im Klassischen Stil 🏛](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3db.png)
A story is ordered in time.
A how-to guide gives you a series of steps to follow.
Persuasive or argumentative pieces are ordered logically: some ideas provide support/evidence for others.
![Lächelndes Gesicht mit Sonnenbrille 😎](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f60e.png)
Writers often get feedback on style (tone, voice, word choice, etc) but that's rarely helpful—because beneath most stylistic problems, there’s a fundamental skill that needs strengthening.
Style comes *after* you work through COMPO.
![Keikogi 🥋](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f94b.png)
Writers reach elegance the way martial artists reach the black belt.
“Beauty walks a razor’s edge; someday I’ll make it mine,” wrote Bob Dylan. Elegance is the beauty we’re working to make ours!
![Schriftrolle 📜](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4dc.png)
![Elektrische Glühbirne 💡](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4a1.png)
![Elektrische Glühbirne 💡](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4a1.png)
![Elektrische Glühbirne 💡](https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4a1.png)
Article: https://www.writing.coach/compose