#26: Habits — Writing

Nono's daily writing process, tools, and techniques. I believe the ultimate goal of writing is to touch others; to make our words resonate with our readers. Today my spoken words are for you. This episode is part of an experimental series titled Habits in which I share how myself (and others) do certain things and why, hopefully unveiling workflows, techniques, habits, and routines that you can make use of right away. Specifically, this episode focuses on writing and what's helping me write more consistently. I share the software tools and gadgets that I use on a daily basis to journal and write essays, posts, and episodes, and to review and edit my writing. Links Readwise nono.ma/now Typinator for macOS The "commonplace" book was a personal repository of notes DEVONthink Markdown How to format your WhatsApp messages CommonMark iA Writer is my editor of choice Dropbox Paper My sketches pandoc pdflatex Mercury extension for Google Chrome Send to Kindle extension for Google Chrome by Amazon iA Writer templates Syntax typeface Bembo typeface iA Writer duospace The zine went viral on Hacker News The zine sketch and post Tools Kindle Paperwhite Brother HL-L2375DW printer Rapesco 790 long-arm stapler Xerox 80-gram recycled paper Books Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Atomic Habits by James Clear You Can't Make This Stuff Up by Lee Gutkind Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson When by Daniel Pink Other people mentioned Francis Bacon John Locke Andrew Witt John McFarlane Seth Godin Chapters 00:36 · Intro 00:48 · The Habit 03:20 · The Daily File 09:16 · The Writing Queue 09:46 · Tools 12:05 · Reviewing 17:00 · Printing 21:58 · Sharing 24:00 · Wrap Up I'd love to hear from you. Submit a question about this or any previous episodes. Join the Discord community. Meet other curious minds. If you enjoy the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps. Show notes, transcripts, and past episodes at gettingsimple.com/podcast. Theme song Sleep by Steve Combs under CC BY 4.0. Follow Nono Twitter.com/nonoesp Instagram.com/nonoesp Facebook.com/nonomartinezalonso YouTube.com/nonomartinezalonso