My ideal writing experience is one where there is nothing in the way of writing. For me, that means as close to hand-writing a manuscript as possible, without the pain of extended hours of pressing hard with a pen or pencil. From there, I may want to share my writing, or not. If so, then I want the process of moving what I've written from the initial medium to online and publicly accessible to be as quick and painles…
> without the pain of extended hours of pressing hard with a pen or pencil. Excuse me, do you have a minute to talk about fountain pens? I recommend a Lamy Safari or Pilot Kakuno to start. If the nib is good, no pressure at all is required to write. You have to retrain to relax your hand and arm if you're used to ballpoints and graphite. High quality paper is not required but it can make a big difference too. As far…
And yeah, I still use .txt occasionally! Though mostly these days it's .md.