To document the writing of Sumarian through screenshare vids. Just to keep a log of the journey. Started off with "Writing Longhand Challenge". Contemplated scrapping it, but will probably keep it open ended in case I want to switch back to writing by hand for clarity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHu1BV0w1v4 Wrote for an hour, put it at 2.5x …
Writing Sumarian – Episode 6 – Cheat if You Must
An experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Read the rules of the challenge here: Writing Sumarian - Episode 1 - Rules & Introduction. This Week's Lesson(s) on Writing a Story Longhand: I had unfortunately used up half the page for Chapter 3 on Chapter 2 stuff. It just kept coming to …
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Writing Sumarian – Episode 5 – Trust the Process (+ a Free Desktop Wallpaper)
An experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Read the rules of the challenge here: Writing Sumarian - Episode 1 - Rules & Introduction. This Week's Lesson(s) on Writing a Story Longhand: Trust the Process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kQwcJB9k7c&t=1513s As Ryan Holiday points out in his recent interview with Ali Abdaal (above), "it's hard to …
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Writing Sumarian – Episode 4 – Chronological Plotting
An experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Read the rules of the challenge here: Writing Sumarian - Episode 1 - Rules & Introduction. This Week's Lesson(s) on Writing a Story Longhand: Outlining Chronologically Gets You to Finish Last week I worried about giving secrets of the story away in case I …
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Writing Sumarian – Episode 3 – Patience & Secrets
An experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Read the rules of the challenge here: Writing Sumarian - Episode 1 - Rules & Introduction This Week's Lessons on Writing a Story Longhand: A little bit at a time and it'll get done I think it was James Clear, writer of Atomic Habits, …
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Writing Sumarian – Episode 2 – Arrows & Boxes
An experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Read the rules here: Writing Sumarian - Episode 1 - Rules & Introduction This Week's Lessons Writing a Story Longhand: Use boxes for admin notes. For example, structure of work (long, novella, series, etc.) If you forget to include something earlier, write it out …
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Writing Sumarian – Episode 1 – Writing a Novel Longhand Challenge
Experiment of writing a story longhand from start to finish. Rules 1 Page a Week Going to start off small. Every week, must come back and add at least 1 page to the story/draft/outline. (I can do more if I wish, but the minimum is 1.) Doesn’t have to be chronological. Just has to be …
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