*generate sync documents*

        **Key Arguments:**
            # -

        **Return:**
            - None

        **Usage:**
            ..  todo::

                - add usage info
                - create a sublime snippet for usage
                - update package tutorial if needed

            .. code-block:: python

                usage code

def _generate_sync_documents(
            self):
        """*generate sync documents*

        **Key Arguments:**
            # -

        **Return:**
            - None

        **Usage:**
            ..  todo::

                - add usage info
                - create a sublime snippet for usage
                - update package tutorial if needed

            .. code-block:: python

                usage code

        """
        self.log.info('starting the ``_generate_sync_documents`` method')

        for tag in self.syncTags:
            pathToWriteFile = self.syncFolder + "/" + tag + ".taskpaper"
            try:
                self.log.debug("attempting to open the file %s" %
                               (pathToWriteFile,))
                writeFile = codecs.open(
                    pathToWriteFile, encoding='utf-8', mode='w')
            except IOError, e:
                message = 'could not open the file %s' % (pathToWriteFile,)
                self.log.critical(message)
                raise IOError(message)

            writeFile.close()

        self.log.info('completed the ``_generate_sync_documents`` method')
        return None