Yep. I do something like this, and it is very helpful. (And I'm a lawyer, so it could be said that I write for a living.) The bost basic thing is to make a temp

Yep. I do something like this, and it is very helpful. (And I'm a lawyer, so it could be said that I write for a living.) The bost basic thing is to make a template whenever you're working on a new 'type' of document. Include as much as possible in the template including, when appropriate, some actual language that you're likely to want some variant of in most documents. (In many cases this could include some version of the background pitch for the product/service/technology/industry/idea that you're generally in the business of promoting, if applicable.) Don't worry too much about overinclusivity. Deleting is way easier than rewriting (or digging up something you've already written elsewhere). Though there is an obvious balance to be struck here. Conversely, though, go ahead and make a template even if there is very little that will be stable between documents of a given type. A Thin template is better than nothing to get you started. Then, your first task when starting a new document can be to delete the irrelevant stuff from the template, if there is any. Next, I like to just start writing bullet points in whatever order/style they come to me in. Once you've done this, organize them in a coherent way that will be reflected in the finished product, cull the points you don't really want, fill in conceptual gaps, and think about whether/how you want to break the document explicitly into sections. Then, finally, start writing, expanding bullet points into prose. Throughout this process, another important rule applies: if at any point something comes into your head that you actually want to write, even if its a random idea that you know will be be buried deep in the draft, write it immediately. You can work it into the rest of the draft later, once the rest of the draft actually exists.