OneNote Writing Template

OneNote Writing Template
As part of moving my writing workflow to OneNote I needed to ideate a solution around creation of new draft articles in a consistent and efficient manner.  In plain English...I needed a template.  Templatizing work in OneNote using the desktop application is an easy enough process with some powerful functionality built in just for this reason. Unfortunately said functionality doesn't carry over to the universal and mobile versions.  With this limitation in place, I defined a template to leverage the copy function in OneNote for creating new pages.

How does a OneNote template help with writing?

Part of having the template is to not only provide a uniform structure for my writing, but in this case, to make sure steps in the writing process are not missed as it moves through the workflow.  Following this requirement I added sections in the template to track items such as :
  • Photos for the article
  • Publishing steps
  • Social media distribution steps

I create the title for the article and the body in their corresponding sections then track down an appropriate image to use with the post. I add the link to the image in Google Drive (that's where I keep my images) under Photos and fill in the checkbox when it is done.