Excalidraw Writing Machine: Generate articles from your Visual Zettelkasten cards in Obsidian

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In this video, I demonstrate the Excalidraw Writing Machine (EWM) script, which converts a visual layout of an article into a draft writing. The layout can include text elements or visual Zettelkasten notes. The script follows the arrows between nodes to generate a hierarchical Markdown document. By feeding this document into generative AI like ChatGPT, you can quickly produce a nearly publish-ready draft, making it easier to create academic articles, blog posts, presentations, and more.

The solution shown in the video was created with https://Obsidian.md, the Excalidraw-, Templater-, and AI for Templater plugins.

Resources:

Download the Excalidraw Writing Machine script from the Excalidraw Obsidian Script store (as demonstrated in the video).
Download the sample Obsidian Templater file from: https://gist.github.com/zsviczian/bf4...
Download the demo PDF document showcased in the video from: https://zsviczian.github.io/DemoArtic...
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00:00 Intro: a showcase of the end result
00:33 The workflow is adjustable to your needs
01:04 The promise of Zettelkasten: Never start from scratch
01:55 The MindSET Framework: 4D PKM
04:30 The MindSET Framework: Visual Zettelkasten
05:50 The MindSET Framework: Visually organizing ideas is more powerful than shuffling bullet points
06:35 The Paper Writing Machine
07:34 Solution Components
08:08 A demo run on a simplified flow
10:53 How to install the Excalidraw Writing Machine Script
11:31 Running the Script on the Atomic Habits Example without using a template
14:26 Processing the draft with ChatGPT without Templater Automation
16:18 Introducing the Templater + AI for Templater script
20:12 Running the workflow with the script
21:20 Script settings are only visible after the first run
23:22 Demonstrating the effect of not including image links
23:48 Customizing the Excalidraw Writing Machine script to your needs (including with the help of ChatGPT)
25:38 The sequence of creating arrows is important
27:48 Closing Thoughts about the Visual Thinking Workshop

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