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Reasons for writing a book summary
- Writing a book summary helps you remember what you read months, or even years, after reading.
- It helps you connect main concepts from other books, giving you a deeper level of understanding.
- Lastly, it helps you improve your own writing.
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Take notes while you read
- If you read a printed book, highlight important quotes, ideas, or questions. Write the page number on the first blank page.
- If you're reading a Kindle book, use Kindle's "notes" and "highlights" to collect important takeaways.
- Highlight
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Continue to summarise over time
Use progressive summarization to distil the ideas: Summarise your notes, then summarise that summary, then summarise that summary.
There are five layers to progressive summarization.
- The book's notes and highlights are unedited and lack contex...
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Steps for writing a book summary
Writing a book summary consists of three steps.
- Take notes while you read.
- Write the main takeaways in your own words.
- Continue to summarise over time (progressive summarization.)
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Write the key ideas in your own words
- If you're reading a print or hardcover book, write your notes and highlights into a word processor or note-taking app.
- If you're reading a Kindle book, add your notes, then export your notes and highlights. Copy them into a preferred word processor or note-...
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Steps for writing a book summary
Writing a book summary consists of three steps.
- Take notes while you read.
- Write the main takeaways in your own words.
- Continue to summarise over time (progressive summarization.)
Why Write a Book Summary?
- It helps solidify what you’ve learned. Summarizing a book in your own words makes you reflect on the information that just entered your brain.
- It helps you quickly review ideas in the future. Why spend hours reading a book (especially non-fiction) i...
Building a writing habit
- Writing helps you better remember what you read, even if you're just taking notes.
- When it comes to personal growth, writing helps you generate new ideas, set goals, keep a journal, or increase your ability to understand.
- It's also a main component of the mindframing method t...
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