Any other comments/advice/whatever?

I think I have noticed a frequent failure pattern when people try writing about complicated stuff. It goes like this:

• Article #1: in which I describe the wide range of stuff I plan to handle in this series of articles
• Article #2: introduction
• Article #3: even more introduction, since the introduction from the previous article didn't seem enough
• Article #4: reaction to some comments in the previous articles
• Article #5: explaining some misunderstandings in comments in the previous articles
• Article #6 ...I am already burned out, so this never gets written

Instead, this is what seems like a successful pattern:

• Article #1: if this is the only article I will write, what part of the stuff could I explain
• Article #2: if this is the only article I will write for the audience of article #1, what else could I explain
• Article #3: if this is the only article I will write for the audience of articles #1+2, what else could I explain...

Seems to me that Eliezer followed the latter pattern when writing Sequences. There is no part saying "this will make sense to you only after you read the following chapters I haven't written yet". But there are parts heavily linking the previous articles, when they advance the concepts already explained. The outline can be posted after the articles were written, like this.

I understand the temptation of posting the outline first, but that's a huge promise you shouldn't make unless you are really confident you can fulfill it. Before answering this, read about the planning fallacy, etc. On the other hand, with incremental writing you have complete freedom, and you can also stop at any moment without regrets. Even if you know you are going to write about A, B, C, and you feel pretty certain you can do it, I would still recommend starting with A1 instead of introduction.