Writer's log

Posted by Franz Grieser
Jul 17, 2018 at 10:29 PM

Dellu wrote:

>>I do believe that most writing logs can help to enhance writing
>>productivity, if only by instilling in the writer a
>>“don’t-break-the-chain” kind of determination to keep going. Use of
>some
>>of the more complex templates can themselves be a time-sink, however.
>>
> >Exactly. Writing a log is not about counting words. It is about
>reflecting on your directions as a writer.
>Logging has a great psychological advantage, like DR Andus noted, to
>reduce writer’s block and procrastination.
> >The interesting part is the writing tasks (todos) themselves can be
>included in the log (be part of the log).
> >The log woud indeed include more notes on crafting the directions of the
>writing; no making decision about what to write and what to
>exclude….motivations, moods etc.

If you count that as logging, then I am doing a log, too.
I am thinking by way of writing. I usually do that in a separate document, right now in NotebooksApp on Windows and macOS. Keeping notes, todos, problems I ran into, solutions, ramblings…