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Writing process

May 04, 2023

Like many geminauts, I've coded my own content management script. In my case, it goes more or less like this:

1. It asks me for a title

2. It opens a temporary .gmi file and opens it with vim.

3. When vim is done, it asks me for tags (with an autocomplete, because I could never remember those I used)

4. It publishes it.

Now, this assumes that I am to write and publish my text in the same session. This doesn't necessarily encourage afterthought and reflection.

My last post "broke" my content management script. A geminaut very kindly sent me a message to tell me. I was very grateful, but also, it made me realize that people actually read my posts... which I should have expected, right? That is, after all, why I write?

Certainly, but I suspect that actively ignoring that fact was what made it possible for me to write without getting caught in doubts and anxiety. But if I am to become a better writer, I also need to think about the audience, about the necessary context I have to include and the unnecessary grumbling I can spare them. Therefore, I need a bit more space to think, or at least some space to have distance.

I'll try to implement something like a 12- or 24-hours quarantine. This way, I get a chance to revise posts before sending them. But also, since it's a one-time quarantine, I don't get to revise indefinitely. Maybe it's more akin to having an editor (except it's me). A busy one, who doesn't want back and forth.

🏷 writing

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