Create Zettel from Reading Notes According to the Principle of Atomicity • Zettelkasten Method

Phase 1: Pull the notes

Phase 2: Form clusters and create overviews

What was your reading intent and how can you capture it best?

Clusters don’t lean onto the book’s outline (form new structures).

Phase 3: Write notes from clusters

Start with a note as general as possible per cluster.

Get to the details in succeeding notes when needed. Atomicity of concepts is key here. (Notes should stand on their own/be self contained)

Feed everything you found out during step 2 back into the overview of step 1. Be as concise as possible.