If yes → done. If no → your pillars aren’t sharp enough. Collapse two pillars into one and find a stronger counterintuitive fact. Tension : Longform articles take hours to draft; most advice adds steps, not speed.
: A deep article can be drafted in 90 minutes using forced constraints, not more time.
Minimize Shortcut (2027)
If yes → done. If no → your pillars aren’t sharp enough. Collapse two pillars into one and find a stronger counterintuitive fact. Tension : Longform articles take hours to draft; most advice adds steps, not speed.
: A deep article can be drafted in 90 minutes using forced constraints, not more time. minimize shortcut