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No, "encouraging people to think about what they write" is not all that it's doing (live writing, draft - editing, inline comments, etc). This thing is conceptu
by yolo 18y ago
No, "encouraging people to think about what they write" is not all that it's doing (live writing, draft - editing, inline comments, etc). This thing is conceptually pretty intense and it's interesting to see how it's going to work out.
- unalone 18y agoAll that posting on Twitter gets you is that it forces you to state each point in 140 characters, and it gives people a way to reply to your points. Unless you're talking about your conceptual system? I'm a skeptic. I'm making a system for writers myself - that's what I'm applying for YCombinator with - and I doubt that any million-dollar enterprise will make people better writers. I don't know your idea, but if you think a machine will help people write then I'd bet a good sum that your plan would/will flop hard.
- yolo 18y agoMachines or methods cannot create better writing but facilitate it or make it harder. I think the main problem of text editors is that they encourage instant editing, which breaks with the linear/causal character of longer text. The only way around it, the only way to linear writing is to post in blocks. Which is, apart from forcing the writer to focus, the main idea of this thing.
- unalone 18y agoTell me: have you ever spent time researching how writers write? I think that if you do, you'll be surprised by how different each one does. The process of writing is unique to the writer, and that's something that you have to take into account. You can't standardize it: any real system has to encourage every method that works. It's why the best system is still the equivalent of a blank page.