I don’t use any unusual software, I currently compose posts in a combination of the Substack editor and Google docs. I don’t believe speech-to-text (or someone taking dictation) would do anything but slow me down, even if it was 100% accurate, typing speed isn’t a limiting factor. Mostly I’ve had a ton of (at least somewhat deliberate) practice writing a ton of stuff, including Magic articles twice a week for many years. To me, the key bottleneck is the ‘figure out what to say’ step, then the writing mostly flows quickly, then if something is worth the effort, editing is a huge time sink with or without help.
But every piece of writing advice has the same thing at the top: Write. A lot.
I don’t have any posts outlining techniques.
I don’t use any unusual software, I currently compose posts in a combination of the Substack editor and Google docs. I don’t believe speech-to-text (or someone taking dictation) would do anything but slow me down, even if it was 100% accurate, typing speed isn’t a limiting factor. Mostly I’ve had a ton of (at least somewhat deliberate) practice writing a ton of stuff, including Magic articles twice a week for many years. To me, the key bottleneck is the ‘figure out what to say’ step, then the writing mostly flows quickly, then if something is worth the effort, editing is a huge time sink with or without help.
But every piece of writing advice has the same thing at the top: Write. A lot.