Should You Index Every Main Card in Your Zettelkasten?

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Join me for a brief, daily chat, talking about creating believable character portrayals by understanding why people do what they do, and the forces that drive them. I've been on a long diversion driven by your requests and questions into how a Zettelkasten works. Since you need real sources to illustrate a Zettelkasten in action, I am employing my new book as an anchor book and adding other, related, sources to illustration ideas interacting.
If you've ever wanted to start a Zettelkasten or you are wondering what all the excitement is about, this is the series to catch. If you want to follow along and get your Zettelkasten off the ground, you might want to pick up my book.

[@antonybrennan]

I have read a few books and watched many videos on the subject of Zettelkasten but I have found that you explain things very clearly as well as comprehensively. Thanks for letting us in on all the juice it really helps a lot.

[@KathleenSpracklen]

I am happy to hear that you find my videos helpful, Antony. Please let me know if there are any questions you would like me to answer for you.

[@Lorikneisler]

How did I not know about that book, The Intellectual Life!?!? My copy arrives tomorrow, and I cannot wait to dig in! Thanks for expanding my horizons.

[@KathleenSpracklen]

How delightful. You are in for a treat.

[@KimFraser-talks]

yes, the courage to start has arrived!! I have read on this for a few years (no idea where I found it first)...it was Luhmann's work though, then the rabbit hole. I left it an picked it up thinking about coping with information with a book I am writing ...it is a history on aviation in an area of Canada....an area not my usual substantive area of study. It is fascinating and just need to manage the knowledge as I write this book. I found Scott a few weeks ago and received his book, then I found you informative you tube, Kathleen. You have demystified so much. Do you have any special advice for authors in managing book projects using their ZK?

[@KathleenSpracklen]

Yes, but it is too much to include in a note here, and I'm not exactly sure how to get it to you, as I am just starting to put it into writing.

[@thebeautifulabsurd]

Thanks for the follow-up! Having tried out some of what you've demonstrated, I now have a clearer sense of how I want to use my index and fewer misgivings about creating multiple index entries per main card. It seems a tripartite index -- keywords A-Z, People A-Z, and Discussions A-Z -- could be a very fruitful way to 'scatter the seeds' from each new main card and provide robust search aids into the vast contents of the main box(es). (I'd love to see some of the cards in your People Box and hear more about how you create, maintain and work with those cards.) Would links to directory cards perhaps play a significant role in the Discussions index idea, since these could potentially show those critical junctures where particular discussions begin or branch off, or do you think directory cards will likely play a more circumscribed role in the way you work with your Zk? My boxes are on the way and I'm very excited to get started! I have a speculative/theoretical disposition, as you can probably tell, and I really appreciate the way your videos and advice are nudging me in a pragmatic and experimental direction with getting my Zk setup & practice up and running. :)

[@KathleenSpracklen]

Alex, It is music to my ears to hear that you are getting going on your Zettelkasten! I am delighted to perhaps have played a role in your motivation. I guess you have given me tonight's topic, as you often do with your thoughtful questions. Have I told you lately that I appreciate you?