- We sort our notes into TOPIC stacks.
- To do this we read our first two notes and ask, “related or unrelated?”
- The notes are related if they are about the same TOPIC.
- We print that TOPIC on the TOPIC line of one note card, and we print the TOPIC's initial on the other card.
- The two notes begin a TOPIC stack.
- We set unrelated notes on our desk, apart from one another other.
- They might begin other stacks.
- We read each note and ask, “related or unrelated?”
- We sort all notes into TOPIC stacks.
- In each stack we print the TOPIC on one card, and we print the TOPIC's initial on the other cards.