Ask HN: What are your favourite frameworks for academic or non-academic writing?

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I am trying to become a better writer and I've found having a framework while writing/thinking to improve both the quality and speed of my writing/thinking.

So, wondering if others have a framework they follow or if there's a high quality collection of frameworks around.

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When I started my MBA I was recommended The Craft of Research as a good book to help me write better. I relied on it a lot. Later I started using The So What Strategy which I refer to regularly as a consultant.

I also spent some time setting up my writing workflow. For me that was Markdown supported by Zotero (now Jurism) for references and Pandoc to generate a PDF for submission. But that workflow reflects my nerdy UNIX origin story and isn't suitable for everyone. My wife uses Google Docs with Zotero quite happily.

The books look interesting.

I am sorry, I didn't make my question clear. I was not asking about 'frameworks' as in tools but templates/structures that you use while writing/thinking.

I think we mean the same thing. Those books help me to understand the structures and templates both in the how to think and how to lay out my work.

Consider Epiphany WorkFlow for the Mac. It's a workflow for writing an academic paper (among other things). I really don't fully understand what you are asking for. I hope Epiphany WorkFlow is useful.

I am sorry, I didn't make my question clear. I was not asking about 'frameworks' as in tools but templates/structures that you use while writing/thinking.

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