Technical or academic writers... if you use Zotero for your sources, and if you sync to Zotero ($ but not much $), you get API access to your Zotero stuff - you can just set up an API key.

Which means you can programmatically add a *tag* to all the items you are using in a paper.

And you can export a bib file filtered for the key.

So. then in your paper you can just cite your item (like if you use pandoc [@MyDocumentKey: 22-23] or what now).

Then you can automate the rest: run a script to list the docs you are citing (by citation key - I use Better BibText so I can rename those), and another to refresh your Zotero tags so you can automatically export the CORRECT bib file for your bibliography when you generate a bib file with a filtered list.

Also if you want to procrastinate you can write scripts instead of writing your paper.

#zotero #PyZotero #writing #amProcrastinating

The "Matrix of Convivial Technology" would make a good set of cards!

Like #catwigs https://www.catwigs.org/ only more earnest

#amProcrastinating

Okay, after much #AmProcrastinating, it's time to get some #Spanner #AmEditing out of the way. First off, I'll attack the mess that is Chapter 37.

To keep me on track, I'll have an LP soundtrack. #NowSpinning first: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

I should be doing homework but sitting outside writing on a foggy morning instead is way too tempting.

#autumn #fog #writing #amWriting #amprocrastinating

Still looking for something to gamify my writing because I love stats and dopamine.

I found this thing: https://trackbear.app I like it so far - clean UI, no ads, no AI bullshit, customizable. We'll see, but so far it's promising.

#AmProcrastinating #writing #screenwriting

I can't decide whether to start my story at the discovery of 'the thing that drives the plot' or end it with its discovery.

#amWriting #writingcommunity #amProcrastinating

My brain keeps giving me new ideas for Science Fiction & Fantasy stories I'll never write.

Latest is a person inventing a technique to look into the future, but the only thing it shows is what their filtered words are on Mastodon. In this way, they can guess what the next catastrophic news event might be.

Last week, it was imagining a witch who draws power from sugar, (a sugar-bender, if you will) activating their ability in the middle of a supermarket. All the packaging and wrappings are shredded as a whirlwind of sugar rises out of the shelves.

Also, what if we could create teleportation toilets? The sewage could teleport directly to the sewage plant instead of wasting precious water to transport it through pipes. Could result in some nasty side effects too, I suppose.

#AmWriting #AmProcrastinating #WritingLife

Pikes Peak Writers has an upcoming presentation called "Stop Procrastinating," which they have cancelled and are now trying to reschedule for later 😂

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