A putto blowing soap bubbles, sitting on a type case full of type, and the letters in the bubbles read as: VANITAS (vanity).

A beautiful reflection of human writing and publishing. This detail, printed in 1751 in a German speaking newspaper, is a beautiful reflection about publishing and media impact in general. Our words and news may be read, and do have sometimes a social impact, but most of our media and words will be gone tomorrow. So write today, #writingcommunity.

#vanity #bookstodon #bookhistory #publishing

#WritersCoffeeClub 27
editing

Do I edit while I write? No, I write while I write.

I used to edit while writing and completed nothing. Since switching, I’ve finished numerous works. It was the magic I needed.

After years of frustration, there are only pros.

It dovetails with my process. Editing and writing different functions, I focus on one. Forward progress happens while the story is fresh, not grown stale while tinkering. I don’t edit what I may scrap.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

#WritersCoffeeClub Feb. 27: Do you edit while you write? What are the pros and cons?

Not really. If I see something egregious or there's something I need to go back and fix for continuity, fine, but it's more important to get that first draft out than it is making it perfect on the first pass.

#Books #Writing #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity

The cost of teaching

https://subspacewagon.systems/the-cost-of-teaching/

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"And please share openly" etc.
https://www.tilley.blog/cross-post-from-tilley-solar-for-re-emphasis-open-access-open-culture-open-learning-anti-thought-leaders-new-hope-the-beginning-of-a-new-community/
A Return to Attraction to Light and the End of the Public Intellectual
https://www.scifi.global/a-return-to-attraction-to-light-and-the-end-of-the-public-intellectual/
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February 27: Do you edit while you write? What are the pros and cons?

No, editing is a separate task that requires a different mindset. Besides, scraping ink off of paper manually is very tiresome and laborious.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #handwriting

A New York Times article about Coral Hart, an indie romance author that generates 200 novels using AI has gotten most of the writing community clutching their pearls.
Me? I'm just tired of this cycle of unproductive outrage.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #AI #LLMs #CoralHart #Writer

http://elizabethtai.com/2026/02/27/the-writing-communitys-ai-panic/

#writersCoffeeClub 27 Feb 'Do you edit while you write? What are the pros and cons?'

Yes

I constantly check my own style guide and OED esp for spelling and grammar

Eases the checking later

but has proven to be wasted time when whole chunks and chapters are eliminated anyway!

Quoting Judd Apato, Angela Duckworth in "Grit" (see alt text for more)

In the end, I pulled 4 clunky chapters out of #SlenderWolf losing 7 cherished characters in the process!

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