Tips for Writing Prompts in a Spaced Repetition Memory System

The key principles for writing good prompts in a spaced repetition memory system are: 1) You are giving yourself a task in the future that you will do repeatedly, so write a prompt that specifies what you want to remember. 2) Retrieval practice reinforces memory, so design prompts that cause you to remember specific things. Break knowledge into fine pieces and write prompts that support memory for each piece. Approach conceptual knowledge from different angles. Be critical of prompts and ditch or rewrite ones that don't work. Accumulate thousands of prompts. Writing your own prompts is important for better learning unless you are inexperienced in the domain or prompt writing.