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249 points rpastuszak | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.204s | source

Ensō is a writing tool that helps you enter a state of flow by separating writing from editing and thus making it harder for you to edit yourself - https://enso.sonnet.io/

After 6 years and 2 million words of daily writing I feel like I've learned enough to make Ensō simpler and more accessible.

Related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38025073

1. gavmor ◴[] No.44424257[source]
Now if only someone would invent a tool to do the opposite. I have too easy a time of forgetting what I wrote, and penning new lines in obliviousness. It's a habit from many years of stream-of-consciousness writing a la The Artist's Way and https://750words.com.

The hard thing, I find, is structuring text so that each paragraph has a purpose in relation to the others. I was once taught this in school, but I haven't kept up with my practice.

So, maybe a tool that takes previous paragraphs and--contrariwise to letting them recede into obscurity--shoves them repeatedly in my face?

Anyway, very elegant and pleasant. Like a foggy quayside cafe.

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2. rpastuszak ◴[] No.44424334[source]
Haha, I'm actually working on that too! Currently experimenting with a graph based editor.

Also, you might like The Fieldstone Method (Weinberg).

PS. Andy Matuschak's notes: http://notes.andymatuschak.org have some good tips on a similar subject. (My "digital garden" is more of a choose your own adventure book, I'm not married to a single methodology, but I appreciate much of their work)

3. sorcerer-mar ◴[] No.44424523[source]
Is this for non-fiction/business writing?

If so, I recommend looking at Barbara Minto's Pyramid Principle.

https://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-Principle-Logic-Writing-Think...

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