Short journal · Original editorial · Small beginnings
Two collaborators keep waiting for the other to start.
A beginning should reveal the work, not merely announce an intention. Shrink the first action until it produces something you can inspect. If the action still feels vague, name its object and its stopping point.
Make a rough shared outline with an explicitly empty section.
A useful next step can be modest. Name what would count as enough for this version, then allow the rest to wait.
Try a question
What would you notice after trying this in one small, real situation?