In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Add a pinch (1⁄16  tsp (0.31 ml)) of salt for every 12  c (2.8 l) of water in a large saucepan or cooking pot. Fill a 1⁄8  tsp (0.62 ml) measuring spoon halfway to measure a pinch of salt. Or, simply grab as much salt that will fit between your index finger and thumb. Place the saucepan or pot on a large burner (gas or electric) on the stove. Turn the burner up to high and wait until many bubbles are floating to the surface or the water and looks like it is “rolling." The time this will take will vary depending on the amount of water you use, the surface area of the pot, and salinity of the water. However, expect 12  c (2.8 l) of water to take about 7 to 10 minutes to boil. Slowly move the saucepan off of the burner and onto a room temperature area of the stove such as a burner that is turned off. You can also move it onto a pot holder.  This will bring the water to a temperature that will ensure the meat does not become overcooked. You can also use oven mitts to grasp the claws and gently place them in the pot of hot water. Once the claws are in the water, cover the pot.  Quickly throwing them in could create splashes that could potentially burn the skin. Make sure you do not leave the claws in the hot water for more than 5 minutes. This will make the crab meat too tough. Keep in mind that every 2 lb (0.91 kg) of crab claws will give you about 1 lb (0.45 kg) of meat. Pick up each crab claw and place it on a cutting board or plate. The plate does not have to be the serving plate. Put the claw in between the 2 metal arms of the cracker. Then, squeeze the two metal arms together until you feel and hear the shell crack. Repeat this process until you can open it completely.  Using a crab fork, regular fork, or knife, remove the crab meat from inside of the claw. Consider wearing oven mitts to protect your hands because the claws will still be very hot. Depending on the dish you are preparing, you may choose to leave the meat in large chunks or to break it up into smaller pieces for a shredded presentation.
Summary: Put a pinch of salt in a pot full of water. Bring the water to a rolling boil. Take the saucepan off of the heat. Use tongs to place claws in the water for 5 minutes. Use tongs to remove the claws from the hot water. Use a crab cracker to break open the claws.

Problem: Article: Carry a notebook with you wherever you go and capture the ideas that pop into your head at the time they appear. Few people can afford to be novelists-in-residence without some income source earned by fair means or foul. Unless you're Alain de Botton, who writes living off an inheritance (although now his writing makes the money too), you'd best make the time wherever it's free. Use your time on the bus to and from work, during lunch, after dinner, on the weekends, during vacation blocks. Asking for time off work to write a bestseller should be done with care. Judge the nature of your workplace first––the more conservative the establishment, the less likely this will be something considered worth their loss of your time. Bestsellers do not need to be the best written; some may well be, but it can also take many years before the public catches up with such genius unless you also manage to win a literary prize. If you want to be great now, just start typing or writing, get it down and then fiddle with it later. Procrastination and perfection are the enemies of the bestseller. A plan, an outline, whatever you will. You can mind map it if you prefer. There are lots of rules for doing this. You can even read those too if you like. Or you can just get stuck into it and write, write, write. Not everyone does this the color-by-numbers way, so find your own path.  Fiction: Set out the characters, their traits and quirks, their motivations. This should be fun; fill them out as they grow in your mind. If they're based on your neighbor or ex-lover, make sure they're unrecognizable unless you enjoy being sued. And write out the situations you want to develop in your book, the plot so to speak, the series of events, be they fortunate or not so fortunate. And how will this all end? A cliffhanger, a surprise, a happy ending or a kaboom and everyone dies? Non-fiction: Consider the need for sections, methods, parts––how will you break things down? Chapters can be nested inside sections, etc. Say you're writing about people's love of apple pies. Section one could cover what the apple pie is, with stories of people waxing nostalgic about apple pies from years gone by. Section two is where to source the best apples for pie making. Section three is a stack of apple pie recipes. Section four is troubleshooting failed apple pies. Section five is photos of your favorite apple pies off Instagram. And so forth... Some topics, like cats and beer, people will never get enough of and all you need to do is have a modern, current angle. Other things that are way too cliched, like celebrities and pop music, and you'll need funky new ways of bringing such over-written topics to people's attention that they don't already know. Is the writing taking you where you want it to? Is it good, interesting, fathomable, fascinating, gripping, useful, entertaining, sparkling, witty, trendy, or whatever combination of such things you're trying to make it? Don't be afraid of splitting elements off for other projects. Sometimes you are mid-stream writing about one thing and another insists on birthing itself. Write it down, label it and put it aside for your next project. Avoid trying to add too much to the one piece you're writing now. After all, should you manage the bestseller, you'll need to produce more after and these side ideas are perfect germs of new bestsellers for later. Miss it various times. Set more deadlines. Miss those too. After all, life has a habit of getting in the way. Eventually, set the uncrossable deadline and mean it. This time, finish the book. Enough already! There is a point at which you must choose between being an author-in-waiting and a published-author-hoping-for-a-bestseller. Decide and get on with the writing to completion.  Be realistic. A book on the lost herd of rice carving gnus of outer Mongolia will likely take longer than a fiction piece about vampires destroying the local tea party. Especially if you need to budget the money and travel to outer Mongolia to verify the research. Deep research can take years; you can nudge your imagination quite a bit faster. Holes can be filled in later. That is what friendly reviewers and your not-so-friendly editors are for, pre-publication. Listen to them; they can see the trees you keep missing for being deep in the proverbial forest.
Summary:
Take notes all the time. Find the time to write. Be focused on the purpose of this book. Write a synopsis of your book. Review progress frequently. Set a deadline.