One quote that blew my mind: “Getting work in government during World War II was easy.”
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If you’re wondering the lengths I’ll go to to finish this book… it sometimes entails going through an entire website set in Comic Sans.pic.twitter.com/pACKNkwr7U
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Oh my god – this website is not just useful, but it’s from 1999, it has a site counter, and a web ring. (With love to
@internetarchive.)pic.twitter.com/ZdV1Xr4Z4q
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…and a guestbook to complete the Old Internet trifecta.pic.twitter.com/9MBqD8JsFQ
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20 chapters, 130,000 words. It’ll be interesting/painful to see what happens. It is much more than enough for a book, and I’m not even done.
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The pink (finished) sticky notes slowly taking over the orange (unfinished) ones.pic.twitter.com/PLaYKMAliS
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What do you think are the most popular words in my (non-paper) database? Here’s Top 100, non-generic words highlighted. 45M words in total!pic.twitter.com/zkKLHorWCg
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A lot of the work is just jumping between three different apps, each one looking exactly the same if you squint.pic.twitter.com/MIWKync0QQ
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Sometimes I remember to take a screenshot just before I start writing a new chapter. Here’s a chronological selection:pic.twitter.com/XIeYlopIJT
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It’s funny (for me, at least) to notice how I learned I don’t need to be so precious about whitespace and visual noise…
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…and having two side-by-side panes (one for writing, the other for notes) is easier than having them in one file and moving above and below.
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Also, one thing I learned about my process… starting a new chapter is always painful. Every Single Time, it’s an abyss of a blank page. But:
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At least I know it sucked before, many times, and every time I got through it. That knowledge makes it easier to endure.
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