Chooser first
The chooser is a rule about the time-series choice, not a drawing. Read the use line and the avoid line. If you are past 2 minutes and still unsure, you have not chosen yet.
At a glance
Chooser firstThe chooser is a rule about the time-series choice, not a drawing. Read the…
Studio secondThe studio assumes the time-series choice already has a form. It is where you…
What not to mixDo not treat the chooser as a gallery of finished pictures, and do not treat…
A short loop — chooser-vs-studio-timeRead the chooser, name the form, then open the studio and stop when the…
Use the chooser to accept or reject the time-series choice. Use the studio to place titles, series, and labels on the form that survived. A 2-minute job that starts in the studio usually spends the time on a chart the chooser would have blocked.
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Studio second
The studio assumes the time-series choice already has a form. It is where you set the title, the series, and the source line. Going there before the rule wastes the 2 minutes on decoration.
What not to mix
Do not treat the chooser as a gallery of finished pictures, and do not treat the studio as the place that tells you a time-series choice is wrong. Each page has one job. 2 minutes is enough for both if you keep that order.
A short loop — chooser-vs-studio-time
Read the chooser, name the form, then open the studio and stop when the time-series choice matches that form. If it does not, go back. Do not add a second chart inside the same 2 minutes.
This page separates the chooser from the studio for a time-series choice of about 2 minutes. It does not change studio sanitizing and it does not draw the chart for you.
Questions
- Can the studio replace the chooser for a time-series choice?
- No. The studio does not tell you to avoid a form. The chooser does. A 2-minute skip of that page is how weak charts get drawn.
- What if the time-series choice is already on the canvas?
- Step back to the chooser and check the avoid note before you polish. 2 extra minutes of color will not fix a wrong form.
- Does the studio sanitize a time-series choice I chose badly?
- Sanitizing keeps the shape safe to draw. It does not decide that a time-series choice should have been a different chart. That decision stays in the chooser, even after 2 minutes of editing.
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