# Using Scrintal For My Ship30for30 Essays > My workflow, and how I use Scrintal to catch ideas - Address: https://scrintal.com/blog/using-scrintal-for-my-ship30for30-essays - Blog post by Anders Sporring, published by Scrintal - Published: 2022-03-30 - Topics: Ship30for30, Atomic Essay, Scrintal, Creativity, Productivity My workflow, and how I use Scrintal to catch ideas It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of [Scrintal](https://scrintal.com/). I’m also their Brand Ambassador. With that said let’s get on with it! I have now published +80 essays in a row during two cohorts of Ship30for30, and I haven't had any lapses in what to write or publish. Much thanks to Scrintal, and the clarity I’m getting through their GUI. It’s been a fun ride, and I can only continue writing essays, I have set a goal to write 100 essays in a row. And when I have that one published I will decide if I will go on. The consistency, discipline and my strive to publish as great content I can is also factors for my streak of essays. ### My Ship30for30 Graph ![Ship30for30 Graph (© Author)](https://scrintal.com/__l5e/assets-v1/3a1a3cb7-e8e5-4664-917b-5af4510f94b8/using-scrintal-for-my-ship30for30-essays-1.webp) *Ship30for30 Graph (© Author)* The colors in the graph are the following: - Purple: Master 2022 - Yellow: Weeks 2022 - Green: Days - Orange Essays - Other colors: Articles for medium and Scrintal It’s interesting to see how that graph grows, and the shape it’s taken. It looks a bit like a heart don’t you think? At this link, I have created a demo board for how a week can look. Just [click on the link and see](https://beta.scrintal.com/b/demo-structure-ship30for30--xhabw). This is the basic weekly structure that I use. In the daycards (green) I write and link to the essay that is going to be published that day. And I also link to the essays, articles, or what else I write or produce that same day. ### Ideaboard ![Ideaboard Graph (© Author)](https://scrintal.com/__l5e/assets-v1/7a3b43f2-92f9-438a-8131-20539d64cbc6/using-scrintal-for-my-ship30for30-essays-2.webp) *Ideaboard Graph (© Author)* The ideaboard is where my pool or bank of ideas is stored and invented. Usually, I start with a couple of words and from that starting point, a lot of headlines are invented. The headlines or subjects are the orange cards. The ones without any other text are the ones I haven't used for an essay (or article) yet. The yellow ones are the master keys (A way of collecting the same ideas for a group) Purple ones are the essays I have published, and the orange with text is the ones that are going to be published soon. The white ones are essays I haven't decided how to do with yet. There’s a grey one too, that’s just a list of books that Brian Eno put together that triggered my interest. ### Backlinking And Tagging Tagging is almost forgotten as an important task to systemize your notes, so I have with the use of Scrintal decided to be as vigilant as possible to tag my cards (notes). It makes it easier to search for similar content and get connections between your notes. I also find backlinking in Scrinatal to be clearer than in any other notetaking software out there. It was the clarity in the GUI, the ‘birds view’ that made me fall in love with Scrintal in the first place. The clean interface, with the empty desk when you start, the possibility to share your boards publicly, and the overall ease to get started. Golden! ### What's Next I have started to do an abstract for an ebook on another Ideaboard in Scrintal. And that will be a larger work, but it’s the natural next step for me. And using Scrintal to curate and write that ebook is the only way I see it will get the progress I want it to have. The other thing I’m working on is building a PKM that will serve creatives, like myself, better than Zettlekasten. That’s a work in progress, and I’m guessing it will be ready when I feel it’s ready. --- Scrintal (https://scrintal.com) is a visual note-taking and research app. All pages and articles: https://scrintal.com/llms.txt