On Dictating your Writing

from A Writer's Diary Podcast · host Toby Litt

Do you find the physical bit of writing - scribbling or typing - an obstruction to your flow? Maybe you're thinking of using dictation software - of letting the dragon into your workspace?Here's some thoughts I've put together for my writing manual, On Drafting, about the history (Henry James) and future (AI) of speak-writing prose. Get full access to A Writer's Diary at awritersdiary.substack.com/subscribe

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