Re:Writing like a pro with Vale and Neovim
by rojobuffalo on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:26PM
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boredom is useful to a writer. a lot of my favorite writers have mentioned writing all first drafts with pen and paper. what happens in your brain when you're writing is important, even when it feels boring, slow, or repetitive. who has a better sense of where my attention should be, me or a tool? imo better writing is the product of practice, reading, and better thinking.
all of that to say, if you have a pre-publishing step where you need to check spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, etc. a linter might fit in at that step. but i really don't think a tool is better than your own reading or giving it to an editor you trust.
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Nice post contents, but is your shift key broken or something?
Re:Writing like a pro with Vale and Neovim
by giraffe_lady on Friday June 17, 2022 @10:16PM
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you volunteering to do our mechanical editing now?
Re:Writing like a pro with Vale and Neovim
by BeFlatXIII on Saturday June 18, 2022 @11:00AM
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In addition to the false positives, automated linters pick up on the little errors that blow right past manual review. It's no substitute for human editing for content, but it is better for nitpicking and cleanup.