System for WritingBob Doto
System for Writing
by Bob Doto · first published 2024
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Fiction: some more novels in Steven Erikson & Ian C Esslemont's Malazan Empire universe. These two produce some of the best fantasy I've ever read, and I've read a fuckton. Non-fiction: A System for Writing by Bob Doto was pretty good. Also gave Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal a chance, but found it to be uninspiring, self-aggrandising drivel.
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗A few chapters in, this is a great how-to book: A System for Writing (Bob Doto) https://writing.bobdoto.computer/zettelkasten/
on “A practical guide for setting up Zettelkasten method in Obsidian” ↗…lot of nonsense has been written about this (and as a method, it's produced some awful writing from people who didn't understand how to use it well), but I think a good primer for this is Bob Doto's "A System for Writing" - it breaks down how to capture ideas, thread them together into something to write about, and how to then produce some good writing. It's quite lightweight once you make it a small habit, and I've been…
on “Ask HN: Did you personal website help you get hired? Tell about it” ↗…Slip Boxes: An Empirical Account by Niklas Luhmann * Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design * Writing the Laboratory Notebook by Howard M Kanare * Paper Machines: About Cards & Catalogs by Markus Krajewski * A System for Writing by Bob Doto * Building a Second Brain By Tiago Forte * Index, a History of the by Dennis Duncan * Forgetting Machines: Knowledge Management Evolution in Early Modern Europe by Alberto Cevolini * The Filing…
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