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Dmitrii Pashutskii
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I recently wrote a small eBook and was asking about its distribution here: wip.co/posts/what-is-the-best….
I was writing it in Notion but eventually moved everything to Google Docs because it was much better to convert to PDF from it, and you can easily sell access to Google Docs.
If you don't need to sell it, it doesn't really matter what tool you use; just make sure it converts in the desired format.
From an organizational standpoint, I drafted the table of contents first and then basically wrote it chapter by chapter.
I spend 1-2 hours each day in the morning writing. In total, it took me 45 hours, and the book has 54 pages, but half of the time was probably research.
Good luck!
My books / courses have been revolving around technical topics. So usually I would flesh out the general idea of what the book / course should target/fix/teach.
From there, I create a rough outline of topics and put them onto my computer. I use Obsidian so I can work both on Mac and Phone, and for easier access and storage. (I can't use notion. Too slow, and words are too small. Aesthetics that I like is quite important for me).
Then I write...
And I find myself shuffling through the table of contents and reordering things... and this part is kinda messy.
When I find an order that works, I kinda know. Until if (which happens often) I mess up the order to create something with better precision or flow. Then it gets messy again.
Very cool, @dpashutskii! This mirrored what I had in my head initially, so helpful to see that someone else was able to make it work.
Maybe it's just a delay? Check tomorrow.
Weirdly, I can find it by the URL
Thanks for your answer.
Apparently it's just that inurl: does not work anymore
Do you mean text-based content? If so, I'd say none of them. Generative AI is terrible for writing human-like texts. Without editing, it'll always feel dry and generic.
I use ChatGPT a lot for outline generations. Then, you can write the content and use AI again to "enrich or improve." I usually use Notion AI for the latter.
It is also pretty good for generating YouTube scripts as long as you have a good prompt of what you want to say, and when you record, you rephrase it to how you actually talk.
I always separate them to app.*.com and *com. It makes things much easier to maintain and is a common approach.
Plus, my landing is usually Next.js on Vercel, and my app is Rails on Heroku, so I cannot really make them on the same domain.
The only downside is analytics; you have them separate. But I use Plausible, and after some tweaking, you can find a pretty good approach and see the user journey.
I certainly need to use muting more often.
It makes sense, but I am not sure how I feel about this approach.
So basically, if I don't like the platform and how social media algorithms influence us, creating for those platforms is kinda hypocritical
Isn't social media the same as having a personal blog/space/etc and therefore sharing your stuff is not hypocritical? People who don't like you won't be subscribed anyway.
It's a pleasure to have absolutely zero idea what is going on over there and I don't feel like I miss anything at all.
That's how I feel every time I stop using it 😅
For me, it's mainly about the community and cool people I can learn from. But you're right. I can definitely learn it from somewhere else.
If it's a pleasure to not be there - don't go back! Simple pleasures are underrated :)
I absolutely understand re community. There are some fantastic newsletters and substack comment sections (and I suppose medium for business more) communities where incredible humans are that really seem thoughtful and because it's not a feed or marketing, its drama-less and more focused on genuine conversation and interest and it feels less energy-suck; you consciously spend time when you have it / want to, to go there.
Yeah, I remember I used blocking only once (for COVID), and it worked great. I think I need to start using this feature more often.
I greatly respect people who can do it, especially with kids (I don't have them).
I tried it so many times and just couldn't. My quality of life fell dramatically when I did it; my work struggled, and I was losing weekends completely. I also cannot function properly after 5-6 pm, so the mornings and weekends were the only way.
So, I went another way: I worked, saved, and invested, eventually allowing me to go on a mini-FIRE for several years. I started it three months ago and couldn't be happier that I did it. If I struggle, being a freelancer or consulting is always the way to get some cash.
Regarding savings, the best way to do this is to go to LCOL country and work for HCOL country company.
But I think I am in the minority with this approach. Most people will tell you that quitting your job is a bad idea. I'd argue that life is too short to spend it working for someone else and have a bad quality of life.