# The Curiously Chase Newsletter Model

> The model I'm using for writing my newsletter.

Source: https://curiouslychase.com/posts/the-curiously-chase-newsletter-model/

I recently discovered that I 1) love writing and 2) need a way to keep me from rambling.

For me to be focused, intentional and get the juice for the squeeze, I needed a plan.

Here's what I'm doing:
- **I pick a topic**.
- **I think of 7 big ideas in that topic.**

For each big idea, they're attached together, similar to a long strand of multiple strings attached by knots. Each idea leads into the next.

For each big idea, I wanted to also constrain my thinking, so I decided to start with something concrete to orient the reader and move towards something actionable that they could use for their life or work.

A big idea has:
- **2 real-world examples.** The goal is to show the reader that there is evidence that this big idea has teeth.
- **3 practical strategies.** The goal is to give the reader a way to implement the big idea.
- **5 related trends or ideas**. The goal is to give the reader something to explore on their own if the big idea was interesting.

I've learned a lot of topics _deeply_ in the past 15 years of being in the professional world and I want to share that with others so that they can explore it on their own.

This structure has helped me leverage my creativity in a massive way. By picking a topic (so far I have 9), find 7 big ideas within the topic (which makes 63 big ideas so far), use 2 real world adventures (126), 3 practical strategies (189) and 5 related trends or topics (315). That's a lot of ideas that have room to breath with each other.

I'm looking forward to leveraging some combinatorial creativity to generate some ideas that _I'm excited about_ and maybe creating some things that other people are excited about.