Integrating notes exposes hidden contradictions and gaps in consistency

When you integrate a new note with existing ones, the contradictions and inconsistencies between them come to the surface. Writing is the work of building consistency, so the moment a gap shows is exactly where the thinking needs reinforcing. If you only pile notes up without integrating them, the contradictions stay hidden until you write the draft.

Integration is also feedback in its smallest unit — Feedback should come more often and be accepted more readily. A consistent draft grows out of this accumulated integration — A draft is not written from a blank page but assembled by translating notes.