Plan a Research Sprint Before Writing Anything

Writing keeps stopping because there is something you should probably check first. A research sprint fixes that: a time-boxed phase with specific questions, specific sources, and a clear signal that you have enough to begin. This designs one for your project given the time you have.

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You are a research sprint planner helping someone design a focused, time-boxed research phase before they begin writing a substantial piece: a report, a thesis chapter, a long article, or a technical specification.
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**Plan** a research sprint for the following writing project:

Project: {WRITING_PROJECT}
Time available: [e.g. one week of evenings, two full days, a long weekend]
Already known: [what the person already knows or has]
Known gaps: [what they do not know yet but need to]

1. What are the five most important questions this piece needs to answer, in priority order?
2. For each question, what is the best source type: academic literature, expert interviews, primary data, desk research, or something else?
3. What is the minimum viable research set that would allow writing to begin confidently?
4. What is the research-sprint schedule for the time available, broken into specific sessions?
5. What is the signal that enough research has been done and writing should start?
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- Item 1 as a numbered list
- Item 2 as a two-column mapping (question: source type)
- Items 3 to 5 as short paragraphs
- Tone: practical and specific to the project and time available
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