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#12I have been using http://750words.com/ for quite some time now. Writing first thing in the morning is easier to get accustomed to.
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#13I will prove a counterexample to this point.
I used 750words for almost a year but ultimately stopped by accident and have not been back since.
The "do not break the chain" mechanism kept me going, but there were days when I had trouble filling out the word count.
In the end I stopped, because it was a hassle and I did not see myself progressing in skill.
Maybe if you have a clear goal in mind like writing a book with at least some outline then it would make sense to write every day.
As I was writing mostly random thoughts similar to most blog posts, there was little coherence in the big picture.
I suppose I was just a want-a-writer having had visions of writing a book since the age of five.
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#14I actually did the same thing, but I use it solely as a way to expand my knowledge (as opposed to writing better, feeling better, etc.).
It actually helped a lot and my memory is very sharp when it comes to articles I have written. Writing it in a blog style, I could link articles and in turn (I imagine it like this) in my brain link the knowledge in a given article to other articles. It actually has worked quite well because I can remember what articles I have written, and what are linked inside each one, giving me excellent recall.
I wrote about that, here: http://austingwalters.com/learning-through-blogging/
Some of the websites I write at are:
http://topfinancialadvisor.org
are just a few. I chose to write in different place so I didn't have to tell anyone I am writing daily, and I could branch subjects.
I recommend keeping up with the writing, it helps a lot.
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#15This reminds me about an idea I had but never really followed: For all you writers out there, do you think a device with an e-ink display and a normal keyboard, similar to a laptop, but designed for the sole purpose of distraction free writing, is something consumers might want? I always wondered why this does not exist.
There was a discussion about e-ink displays the other day that you may find interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8327281
Thank you, very interesting input!
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#16This reminds me about an idea I had but never really followed: For all you writers out there, do you think a device with an e-ink display and a normal keyboard, similar to a laptop, but designed for the sole purpose of distraction free writing, is something consumers might want? I always wondered why this does not exist.
This is something I really want, not for distraction-free writing, but to go in my backyard. I would love to get an SSH terminal in the sun.
Do you not think the slow refresh rates of e-ink diplays would be a problem when working with an SSH terminal?
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#17I agree that writing is good exercise.
However, it seems that some people think that achieving a high word count is a good thing. Please try to use as few words as possible to get your ideas across. See this as a friendly gesture to your audience, saving them time.
Obviously, this does not hold for novels and fiction, where the reader actually likes to read. Perhaps I am a bit misguided in thinking that (technical) blog posts do not belong to this category.
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#18I agree that writing is good exercise. However, it seems that some people think that achieving a high word count is a good thing. Please try to use as few words as possible to get your ideas across. See this as a friendly gesture to your audience, saving them time. Obviously, this does not hold for novels and fiction, where the reader actually likes to read. Perhaps I am a bit misguided in thinking that (technical) b…
I would say. Write as simple as possible but not simpler.
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#19I agree that writing is good exercise. However, it seems that some people think that achieving a high word count is a good thing. Please try to use as few words as possible to get your ideas across. See this as a friendly gesture to your audience, saving them time. Obviously, this does not hold for novels and fiction, where the reader actually likes to read. Perhaps I am a bit misguided in thinking that (technical) b…
As a matter of fact it should hold especially for novels and fiction. I hate it when I have to read 600 pages to reach the end of a book that could very well be written in 400. Most novels my dad has in his library dating back a few decades were between 250 and 350 pages. Nowadays they’re 50% bigger and the trend keeps going. War and Peace was 1.200 pages long and now the average fiction trilogy is way beyond that.
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#20I'm tempted to try this exercise for the remainder of the year. Can someone recommend a way to not just write, but also learn to write better in the process. I'm thinking of using Hemingway App.