Am I the only one turned off by the very poor grammar on a post about writing a book ? Are you writing the book in English?
In the post, the author notes English is not their first language.
Writing a book in public
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#62I like this idea and plan to give it a go, although I think you could be doing more to entice people to read each person's contributions besides just saying 'they wrote x words today, and it's called this, and it has these tags". At the very least I think a super short blurb could be included, like a line or two (can be as short as a tweet or even shorter, you can take it from the beginning probably, just let the wri…
Well this was over 200 words, so congrats! One day down.
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#63Almost two years ago I started writing my short posts on a similar premise on my blog https://arcticloon.fi . In fact, as of today, I'm four days short of writing every day for two whole years. And all this time I have been writing alone, mostly for myself. I do have a few loyal followers and I see some random readers every now and then. I think a community of other writers would be a great next step for me, so maybe…
This is not a problem at all! Your writings belong to you. Always.
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Thank you! I'm trying to improve it daily so if you have any suggestion I would love to hear it.
Thanks for the work, I enjoyed trying it and loved the fact that indeed, 200 words is really achievable. I even did it twice ;) Do you have any plan for the possibility to publish "privately"? I'd like to write, but I don't want/feel the need to be read. I guess we could consider the drafts are private, but they seem like second-class citizens regarding streaks and so on.
Yes the private posts will be a thing very soon: https://trello.com/c/s0Hho8LS/30-later-an-user-should-be-abl...
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#65Just wrote my first 200 words. I really like two major things about this site: 1. It's really simple UI/UX so you go straight to the point. 2. The Github like counter for your post. I will definitely use the site more and more.
Thank you! Don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any suggestion or improvement point to share. I would love to hear them!
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#66I have built an app that helps people to write every day and track their progress: https://writingstreak.io/ I think you might find it useful (it's still in active development, I'm currently working on completing v1). I really hope your project takes off, there's never enough writing tools and communities!
Isn't there a "Forgot my password" option? I had one account created but unable to recall the password used.
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#67I like this idea and plan to give it a go, although I think you could be doing more to entice people to read each person's contributions besides just saying 'they wrote x words today, and it's called this, and it has these tags". At the very least I think a super short blurb could be included, like a line or two (can be as short as a tweet or even shorter, you can take it from the beginning probably, just let the wri…
Thank you for taking the time to write this! I need more time to consider your points. One thing I am sure of though, is that this is a writing community, not a list of publications like the ones you can find on Medium. Empowering the writers matters more to me. The content is important obviously, but what I really want is for them to just write. Anything. And be seen/heard.