Technique, templates, and honest tool comparisons for debaters who'd rather spend prep time on the round than on their notes. New posts as we find things worth writing about.
What flowing actually is, why judges vote off it instead of memory, the column structure every format shares, and the mistakes that sink new debaters in their first few rounds.
The exact column layout for Public Forum, Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Parli, and World Schools — draw it by hand or skip straight to a template that's already built.
Frontlining is what separates a 1AR that survives from one that collapses. A concrete method for triaging attacks, answering them specifically, and keeping it all traceable on your flow.
Full-sentence note-taking breaks down the moment a round gets fast. Five concrete habits for keeping a usable flow at competitive speed.
An honest look at what each tool is actually built for — case files and speech docs, or the live flow itself — so you can pick based on what your team needs, not just what's free.
Free, no account needed, and it saves straight to your browser.