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A comment on Ask HN: What is your software/approach to work with text?.

Re:Ask HN: What is your software/approach to work with text? by syndicatedjelly on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:06PM (#37410566)
I put a big note in caps right above, or move it to the bottom of the file for later. Or just rewrite it immediately. Whatever it takes to stay in the same mental space

Some helpful advice for writing is to not be afraid to throw away what you wrote

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Re:Ask HN: What is your software/approach to work with text? by rogeruiz on Friday September 08, 2023 @06:06PM (#37439950)
> Some helpful advice for writing is to not be afraid to throw away what you wrote

This has been the most solid advice for me I've received around writing. Usually that panic writing after I've thrown something out and can't recover it produces much better results than the first time around.

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