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diff --git a/2024/talks/writing.md b/2024/talks/writing.md index d05af940..3958e2ec 100644 --- a/2024/talks/writing.md +++ b/2024/talks/writing.md @@ -26,6 +26,56 @@ talk Peter introduces Emacs Writing Studio, a starter kit and associated manual for authors with no Emacs experience. +# Discussion + +Technical issues connecting to the BigBlueButton room, so no live Q&A + +- Q: For writers who procrastinate, it\'s very tempting to fall into + the time sink of configuring Emacs rather than simply writing, even + with the optimal Emacs writing setup. Is this something you\'ve + encountered, and do you have any suggestions for how to combat it? + - A: As probably all beginning Emacs users I spent a lot of time + tinkering. I decided that I should work with rather than on + Emacs and thus EWS was born. My prod config is 99% EWS with some + enhancements. My config developed by just starting with vanilla + Emacs and only add what I needed, as the need arose. + - Don\'t try to develop the ideal system in your mind and then + build it, let it grow organically. +- Q: How much success have you had getting writers to use Emacs \-- + and *stick with it* \-- using EWS? I\'ve had people ask me about + using Emacs for technical writing and/or coding, and start off well, + but move to another editor in two months. The main reason is when + they want to do something with Emacs, can\'t figure out how, and + find a plugin (for Obsidian or VSCode, say) that does the thing they + want with no further setup or tweaking required. + - A: I have had some good feedback from readers, but I cannot + attest to their personal success. The aim of EWS is to get + things working without the need for much config. However, Emacs + will never bny an easy point and click system such as the ones + you mention. +- Q:When I was learining Emacs I bounced off it the first couple of + times, after reading Mastering Emacs and hearing it was the + tinkerers editor I got the right mental model to learn Emacs. Did + you have that? and what made it worth using and teaching others? + - A: The best way to learn anything is to teach other people. So I + used EWS as a project to imporve my understanding of Emacs. Not + only did it force me to fully understand how things works, but + also develop new fucntions and packages where I saw a need. +- Q: I love using org to write prose. For me, I like writing the final + version of the text in org, and I prefer paper to brainstorm ideas + and draft things. How was the brainstorming experience and the + process to organize your thoughts to write the book using org-mode? + - A: I do my brainstorning in a paper notebook. The first EWS idea + is a sketch in my notebook. In my weekly review I transfer notes + worth keeping to Denote (scan graphic notes). Writing by hand + has many advantages for idea generation. Denote is my + reporsitory, not a thinking tool. +- Q: + - A: +- Q: + - A: +- Thanks for the great questions. Apologies for the technical glitch. + [[!inline pages="internal(2024/info/writing-after)" raw="yes"]] |