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The One-Sentence Method

Climb the ladder from too broad to honest, until one line is left standing. Then run your current projects through it.

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01CLIMB THE LADDER

Each rung should get truer, not longer. Throw out words, keep meaning.

Rung 1 — too short, on purpose

e.g. “I’m a storyteller.” True, useless. Keep climbing.

Rung 2 — more specific

What do you make, in what formats? Still describes output, not the move.

Rung 3 — the honest version

Where does the whole thing actually start, every single time, before it becomes anything?

02YOUR SENTENCE

The one true line

It leaves off the credits. It’s the one that makes decisions.

03RUN THE FILTER

Hold your current pile of projects against the sentence.

Project 1

Does it pass?

Project 2

Does it pass?

Project 3

Does it pass?

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