Writing down to make you think

Writing down what you think helps you to think. In fact, by writing it down, it forces you to go through the thought process to think through things. Instead of it remaining an inkling, when you write things down, you are forced to form it into proper sentences, forced to work it into a logical sequence. You are forced to think through it to make it logical, about why A leads to B.

Thus, the next time you have an inkling, write it down. Don't just let it remain an inkling that is hard to grasp, let it develop into something logical and well-thought out.