THE SHAPING LOOP AN EDITORIAL CONTENT FLOW WITH REVISION LOOP & FORMAT BRANCHES PHASE 1: INGESTION PHASE 2: SHAPING & FORMATTING PHASE 3: OUTPUT LEDE DRAFT BLOCKS REVIEW CLEAN REVISE & EXPAND LOOP RAW MATERIAL CANDIDATE OPENING SECTION SHAPING FORMATTING DECISIONS EDITORIAL REVISION SHAPED ARTICLE LIST TABLE QUOTE EMPHASIS CHAOTIC FRAGMENTS EMERGENT STRUCTURE POLISHED HIERARCHY [ MESSINESS METER ]