How I take Literature Notes
A sneak peak into my Zettelkasten workflow
A lot of folks get confused about literature note. But there's nothing confusing about it.
A literature note is not much different from a regular note you might take.
The main idea of creating a literature note is to help you capture important ideas, and arguments from the source material. Be it a book, research paper, or a video.
A literature note is a convenient way to store relevant information from a source material, that eliminates the need to revisit the original source, repeatedly.
It serves as a bridge between source materials and your own synthesized knowledge, which can be further developed into atomic notes or permanent notes.
One of the most significant benefits of taking literature notes is that it forces you to slow down your reading.
While this may seem counterintuitive to your reading goals, this helps you gain a deeper understanding of the subject. Additionally, taking literature notes helps to improve your retention and comprehension of the material.
How to write literature notes
While there are no hard and fast rules for writing literature notes, there are some guiding principles to…
