- Read one note and add the question, FOR WHAT REASON? 
- If you think of no REASON, just go on and read the next card.
- When you do think of a REASON, mark a large X after the REASON question.
- After marking a large X next to REASON, set that card aside to begin a stack of notes as you mark them with a large X. 
- Read each note and ask, FOR WHAT REASON? 
- When you think of a REASON, mark a large X next to the REASON question and stack the card with your other cards marked with an X.
- In the next step you will choose and write a few REASONS on your note cards.
- Your Reasons:  • must make sense    • must be true    • must not be silly.