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Minto pyramid is really interesting to me because, although I had never heard of it before, I tend to read articles from the end for this exact effect. I also
by dorfsmay 4y ago
Minto pyramid is really interesting to me because, although I had never heard of it before, I tend to read articles from the end for this exact effect.
I also studied math this way, trying to do the exercises, looking at the answers and throughout the materiel to complete them, then read the materiel for start to finish. Any time I tried to read first I wasn't able to grab the concepts.
- d23 4y agoThis reminds me of the inverted pyramid style of journalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism) Unless I'm trying to do something stylistic, I pretty much always try to structure my writing this way. Especially technical writing.
- revicon 4y agoI met Barbara Minto at a small dinner several years ago. She is an amazing person and had great stories from her time in consulting. I’ve used her system so many times when I’m having trouble putting a complex situation into words
- nine_k 4y agoDoesn't every scientific paper follow this rule? An abstract to quickly give the key ideas, an intro describing these key ideas in more depth, the gory details for those interested in methodology and repeatability. It's a great format; I wish most non-fiction followed it.