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I've often wondered how Cory Doctorow can write so much high-quality material in a year, when it can take me all day to write one vaguely-passable blog post. He shared his strategy in this 2009 article;
https://www.locusmag.com/Features/2009/01/cory-doctorow-writing-in-age-of.html
This is wisdom to live by, and I'll be coming back to it.
I know there are heaps of writers in the fediverse, further suggestions welcome : )
OMG, I've been blocking Cory Doctorow from every device I've had since craphound started.
He steals everyone ideas. Always has. I figured you were being paid to talk about him.
You're hilarious. You here all week?
@magicalthinking
> He steals everyone ideas
That's not a thing. Ideas are not property, and the whole point of them is to spread them (if they're true and useful).
> I figured you were being paid to talk about him
In what universe is that a thing someone would use money for?! I talk about his ideas when I agree with them (or strongly disagree). Just like everyone else I reference.
@magicalthinking @strypey the don't research bullet point is hilarious, because he claims to have no self control when searching for a fact that could change the entire writing from that point on lol. his example is looking up the length of a bridge and if you don't look that up and end up writing a story about something that can't even fit on that bridge, gg.
@strypey It’s a great set of tips for any consistent habit you need to build.
Had to smile tho - as a #sysadmin I had several known virus signatures or triggers in .txt files ready to test AV updates - usually just one character off triggering or zipped so they wouldn’t trigger without prior warning:
“the humble .txt file can be read by practically every application on your computer, can be pasted directly into an email, and can't transmit a virus” 🦠
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