# Title #on/pkm This template takes you through the 7 C's of note-making: 1. Create (C1) 2. Connect (C2) 3. Clarify (C3) 4. Color (C4) 5. Critique (C5) 6. Cite (C6) 7. Curate (C7) This is a training template. I don't normally use this template. I sometimes revisit it to get reminded of valuable prompts. If you are new to note-making, here is how you should treat it: 1. At first, use it. It is like training wheels on a bike. 2. Get comfortable with note-making. Then stop using it. 3. As needed, revisit it for helpful reminders of valuable prompts. Delete the above text now 👆 — Then start note-making below 👇 --- ## Connect (C2) ``` It reminds me of... 👈 It is related to...👉 For me, the most relevant link is...👆 ``` ## Clarify (C3) ``` What is it? (THING) How can it be said more clearly? (STATEMENT / OBSERVATION) How can it be said more powerfully? (OPINION) It is important to me because... So what? ``` ## Color (C4) ``` If it could utter a single line it would say... It is like... (metaphor or analogy) I have experienced this when... ``` ## Critique (C5) ``` It is good because... It is bad because... It is similar to BLANK because… But it’s different because… A related fact is... A related quote is... Hmm, it makes me wonder... It also applies in… ``` ## Cite (C6) ``` Where did it come from? External references say... ```