Scrolling doesn't equal reading though, does it? #reading #mind

Reading and writing habits seem to protect from the cognitive decline associated with typical aging. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #reading #writing #mind

Do you follow any writing advice? #WritingCommunity

Do you think the first draft of a short story should really be written in one sitting? I think that’s an overused piece of advice that rarely works. #storytelling #writing #shortstory

Self-Editing Strategies: Polishing Your Prose tips.iwl.me/self-editing... #WritingCommunity #text #editing

I Write Like is a new minimalist text editor with many helpful but non-distracting tools. It’s beautiful and fast, with an inspiring typewriter font and plenty of space to create in. It’s made by a small independent company, a product crafted with love. Try it here: iwl.me #writing #app #text

Does anybody still write or publish true detective stories nowadays? You know, like those about Holmes or Poirot, where you have to pay attention and think. #story #literature #writing

"Style is a very simple matter: it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can’t use the wrong words. But on the other hand here am I sitting after half the morning, crammed with ideas, and visions, and so on, and can’t dislodge them, for lack of the right rhythm." Virginia Woolf #writing

Do people create to be themselves or to become somebody in the eyes of others? #question #thought #art

It's interesting how civilizations appeared and vanished. Technologies came and developed, some still went obsolete. And only writing has always remained, on clay tablets or in a text editor -- it's still the same drive to shape thoughts into symbols. #writing #thought #life

You know how they say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step? What they fail to mention is that this is how the journey goes on: just another step, and then another one, and then once more.

I’ve realized there’s one essential thing in writing: consistency in showing up -- no bigger goals, just showing up. The rest will follow. Actually, the same applies to any skill in life. #WritingCommunity #thought #life

I know that my text is ready when I can read it aloud and hear no mistakes in grammar or flow. A shortcut to this is to use the Read aloud tool of my text editor. Then it's pure listening, without getting distracted by my own voice. Try it here: iwl.me/listen #WritingCommunity #editing

You can use I Write Like text editor for free. There are more features in the paid version, but even the free version has more tools than text editors usually offer. You can try it: iwl.me #writing #app

Weird question: are tags still needed? I keep tagging my writing-related content with #writing, but when I search "writing," I still get every post with the word, whether tagged or not.

Why does a story flow more easily when you start writing it than when you’re just silently thinking about it? #WritingCommunity #storytelling

The thing is, I would use I Write Like text editor even if I had just randomly found it online. This is my dark room of creativity. Thoughts don't come to me that easily in any other app. #WritingCommunity #app #text

I love everything about I Write Like: its font, its space, its tools still nearby but not distracting. I can do all the things at once in one place. I think I've been writing more since I transferred all my texts there. Here it is: iwl.me #WritingCommunity #app #text

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Apparently, Chekhov actually said, "In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes their eyes they get a picture." Thus, it's absolutely not about not telling, but about choosing what to tell. #WritingCommunity #Chekhov #storytelling

The "show, don’t tell" advice has always puzzled me. It makes you neurotically check whether you’re accidentally telling instead of showing. But since you’re literally putting words together, you end up telling anyway. #WritingCommunity #Chekhov #storytelling

Dostoyevsky and Vonnegut, both born on this day, 11/11, 101 years apart. #authors #literature

The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️ Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.

And so, here's another question: Does the anticipation of future feedback shape our writing? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? #WritingCommunity #thought #mind

Did you notice how once you say your question aloud and start discussing possible answer with someone, it's easier to come to those answers but also new answers immediately arise. #thought #mind

I wonder if people create more nowadays because there are more opportunities to share their art. #creative #thought #life

Let's see what happens when your writing goal is reached in I Write Like. #WritingCommunity #WriteLife #Writing

How many great writers did we miss because they didn't have the means to publish? At least now they could publish online somewhere.

I Write Like text editor now has an option to download all your unsaved files in one batch, which as you can see, is a very handy feature for yours truly. #app #writing #text

Speaking of writing novels, here's Part 4 from the series of articles on How to Write a Novel. tips.iwl.me/how-to-write... #WritingCommunity #storytelling #novel

How much of a traditionally published book is the work of the author? And if a publisher has a strong influence on the final product, does that mean it matters which publishing house you choose to read from as much as which author you choose? #book #reading #publishing #storytelling #writing

Nope. Better but still bad.

A-ha. Apparently, one of the ways is to click "hide trending topics". #life

How do I click "Discover" here on #bsky and actually **discover**, you know, in that meaning of the word when you find something new, exciting and interesting? #SocialMedia #life #thought

Touching a CRT TV felt good, warm and fuzzy!

Why does touching a book feel so good? I mean, touching a TV doesn't. #storytelling #book #TV

My memory of education for this #vss365

Was #NaNoWriMo a good starting point, or something that could damage a promising work through haste? #writing #thought #storytelling

Adding to the post: those sneezes of thoughts are often very opinionated and seem determined to sneeze at an imaginary opponent. #SocialMedia

"a literary seer and saint – and queen" Absolutely! #books #freedom #author

I transferred all my writing to I Write Like. Even the bits of random thoughts and phrases I now keep there. It happened naturally because it opens fast, it's clutter-free, the writing field is huge and yet I still see all my documents on the left and the tools I need on the right. #app #writing

How to Write a Novel. Part 3: Character as Engine tips.iwl.me/how-to-write... #WritingTips #Novel #Storytelling #Writing

"Silhouette" is named after Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister known for his frugality. People started calling cheap, black cutout portraits "silhouettes" as a joke. #etymology

So, what do people use when they need to write something down quickly? #writing #app #lifestyle

Text editors aside, do you ever still write by hand? Would you recognize your friends' handwriting? #Writing #Life #Thought

Do you avoid adverbs in your writing? #Writer #app #storytelling #editing

Whenever I press "Discover" on Home page, I discover posts that make me suspect I forgot how to read. They look like sneezes of thoughts. #bsky #SocialMedia #Thought

A good article on how to write a novel. Part 2. tips.iwl.me/how-to-write... #Writing #HowTo #Novel #Storytelling

Apparently, I’ve passed my 100th post here. My initial impression of #bsky remains the same: it’s a landslide of information that you have to dig through to find something of value. Especially at the beginning. #SocialMedia #Thought

I was thinking about how often people stick with the default text editor on their gadgets instead of trying something new that might suit them better. Then I thought -- isn’t it the same with everything in life? #app #thought #writing #life