Which one fits you?
If you’re serious about course creation, at some point you’ll need to create some content.
Obvious? Sure. But it’s a common sticking point for many would-be course creators.
Your exact process will naturally depend on the content you’re creating — a “talking head” video, a narrated slide deck or a text-based (blog style) lesson.
But I’ve found that people tend to gravitate towards one of three different approaches.
✍️ There’s the Script First approach. This is the seat-of-the-pants method where you sit yourself down in front of a blank page and just start writing. You write and cut and edit and rearrange until you have a draft you’re happy with.
This works well for people who enjoy writing and those who don’t know what they want to say until they try saying it. The downside is that you often end up changing most of what you write — the discarded content is a by-product of the process.
📋 Then there’s the Outline First approach. This is the “big picture” method where you thrash out the main points you want to make upfront, before drilling down into the details later on.
This works well for people who are good at thinking structurally and those who already know what areas they…
