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@iwritelike.bsky.social

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News and tips from I Write Like text editor. Also posting tips on writing and everything related to the writing process. Browser version of the text editor: https://iwl.me/

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I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 22h

I feel like I'm spamming you with my reaction to your poems but I just truly love them. I'm so happy you decided to share them here. I feel very lucky. Thank you!

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 22h

🤣👍

For some reason, I did imagine cats from the very beginning.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 22h

P.S.: actually, not a competition but an event. No idea why "competition" came up to mind. Maybe from rap battles.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 22h

Oh I'm in love with this piece, absolutely adorable. It's as if stand-up were a poetry competition with a lot of style.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 23h

How can something so beautiful be describing something so horrifying and painful... So much thought and the ability to look from some other, unreachable to most, perspective, like from the insides of things.
“I cannot see the ground, yet I'm anchored.”
It took my breath away.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 23h

Really?! Oh this is so nice of you to have replied, thank you. No, I never got the reply but I was prepared to get silence back, so it's ok. I get confused and lost in social media settings all the time.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 23h

I Write Like text editor works as usual because it's not hosted on #AWS

#Writing

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 23h

That’s what happens when all the digital eggs end up in one digital basket.

#AWS #Amazon #Substack #Goodreads #Medium #Writing

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 23h

So, who else has discovered their “digital homes” are down? Maybe, it's a good opportunity to go for a walk? :)
Everything will be fine.

#AWS #Amazon #Goodreads #Medium #Writing

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 1d

As nobody joined the discussion, I'll talk to myself. I came to the conclusion that our opinion of our work always changes because we change, due to feedback too.

#discussion #thought #writing #WritingCommunity

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 2d

Does the external reaction change what you originally thought of your work?

#discussion #writing #art #creativity #author #society #opinion #thought

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 1d

I’m wishing you the best experience! I think the most unpleasant part of social media comes from being exposed to shards of frustration. People need to yell their baggage out, and social media seems like a safe outlet. If you give too much weight to that, it can unbalance your view of the world.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 2d

Does the external reaction change what you originally thought of your work?

#discussion #writing #art #creativity #author #society #opinion #thought

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you. Yes, at such moments social media feels like magic, and the world feels like a more beautiful place.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for the opportunity for all of this to happen.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like it's working :)

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

This is a great illustration for the process.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

This is very well observed.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

The lines by @jenthorne.bsky.social as a caption for @drippingwithwords.bsky.social 's photo were so beautiful that they didn't let me go. So I added my lines too. I hope the screenshot format is okay, it didn't fit into a text post.

#poetry #caption #literature #inspiration #sky #writer

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

Is it from the book you posted above? It sounds beautiful and interesting.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

Heartbreaking

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

I hope it's ok that I continued it like this. I loved it so much, it didn't let me go. So beautiful.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

...
What never truly forms or ends.
Why are there always dragons in the sky
In drifting vapor the winds have blown?
Maybe because we always look for signs
In silhouettes and shapes of the unknown.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

Well, when you put it this way ... 😅

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

Reposting for any newcomers who missed it.

#Writing #Editing #Text #WritingTips #WritingTools #WritingCommunity

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 13d

Let’s test the Readability Tool in I Write Like. We’ll run the three versions of the text through it and see what results we get.

The text on the screenshot says: 'Some people write better when they use a pen they like or a notebook that feels nice. It just makes writing easier for them. Maybe it’s the same with computers. Maybe you write better when the text editor feels right, when it’s comfortable and pleasant to use.'
The results are: Reading time
10 seconds
Readability score
80 — Easy to read
The indicator on the readability meter graphic with an arc labeled 'Easy' to 'Hard' is leaning towards 'Easy', signifying the text is simple to read.

The text on the screenshot says: 'There are those for whom the act of writing is an intricate ceremony, a delicate alignment of hand and object, ink and page. The pen must move with a whisper of grace, the paper must receive each word without judgment. And perhaps, in this age of light and code, the same law endures: that thought unfolds most beautifully within a digital space whose design, rhythm, and comfort feel like home to the mind that creates inside it.'
The results are: Reading time
17 seconds
Readability score
63 — Standard
The indicator on the readability meter graphic with an arc labeled 'Easy' to 'Hard' is pointing to the middle between 'Easy' and 'Hard'.

The text on the screenshot says: 'Among those devoted to the written word, there exists a particular species of sensibility for whom the very instruments of inscription, their the pen poised in the hand, the paper awaiting its first mark, must conspire toward a precise and almost ritual harmony before a single thought may descend into form. The pressure of nib upon page, the faint resistance of the grain, the private choreography between motion and meaning -- all must align, as planets do, before language consents to be born. And perhaps, transposed into the phosphorescent realm of the digital, this ancient fastidiousness endures: that one’s imagination, elusive and temperamental, may best unfold within the intangible architecture of a text editor whose atmosphere and its typography, its measured silences, its invisible elegance corresponds, with uncanny exactitude, to the secret temperament of the writer’s own mind.'
Reading time
39 seconds
Readability score
11 — Very difficult to read
The indicator on the readability meter graphic with an arc labeled 'Easy' to 'Hard' is pointing to 'Hard', signifying the text is very hard to read.

I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 3d

It reminded me of the amplitude that awaits a beginner athlete. Regardless of what they do, if they just keep at it, they will improve.