This is SUPER useful. It might be the most useful blog post length thing on writing that I've ever read, kudos! I tend to find writing advice as either too general ("follow your heart," "explore the uncomfortable spaces," etc.) or too specific to be relevant to me. This strikes a very nice balance.
I love the idea of a writing journal and of post-its. The journal I might just incorporate into my daily routine. I already, on writing days, literally copy-paste the text into a word processor so I can count the words and make sure I'm hitting my writing goals. The post-its, I'll have to either do analogue or use an app to do digitally, but I love their ephemeral -- and yet extremely useful -- nature.
A very detailed question, did you use OCR or some software to copy the novel into your computer, or did you just literally type it, one word at a time? If the latter, did you feel a temptation to change things as you typed from longhand?
Hi, and thanks as always for the post!
This is SUPER useful. It might be the most useful blog post length thing on writing that I've ever read, kudos! I tend to find writing advice as either too general ("follow your heart," "explore the uncomfortable spaces," etc.) or too specific to be relevant to me. This strikes a very nice balance.
I love the idea of a writing journal and of post-its. The journal I might just incorporate into my daily routine. I already, on writing days, literally copy-paste the text into a word processor so I can count the words and make sure I'm hitting my writing goals. The post-its, I'll have to either do analogue or use an app to do digitally, but I love their ephemeral -- and yet extremely useful -- nature.
A very detailed question, did you use OCR or some software to copy the novel into your computer, or did you just literally type it, one word at a time? If the latter, did you feel a temptation to change things as you typed from longhand?