Every piece starts with the same habits. We look past the outcome to what made it possible, and we write down what we find in plain words.

What was chosen long before anyone noticed.
Who carried the work, and how they learned.
What helped an idea move from the laboratory into the marketplace.
Investment made before the return was certain.
The one that changes how the story reads.
How it kept evolving as the world changed.
One clear way of thinking to take away.