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Writing a book in Obsidian, about Obsidian (Patreon)

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2023-03-02 13:37:29
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Hey everyone! This week's video is about the very beginning of another goal for me: writing a book. It's something I've wanted to do for a while, but never got around to doing. Well, I've decided it's time for that to change. And I'm hoping a public announcement, as well as a commitment to write it in public, will be enough to motivate me. :)

As I mention in the video, I plan to publish what I've got as I write it, and you lovely Patreons will be able to peek in here. (The updated password will always be on this post.) Suggestions and comments welcome!

Have a great week!

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Writing a book in Obsidian: The beginning

I'm writing a book in Obsidian-- about Obsidian! And I want to share it all with you. This is the beginning of that journey: what I'm starting with, my idea, and the plugins I'm using to get it done. This is all a work in progress, so if you have any suggestions about what I should do, I'd love to hear them! // RESOURCES MENTIONED Read Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker novel here; https://www.brandonsanderson.com/warbreaker-introduction/ Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson/description Patreon: https://patreon.com/nicolevdh // TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:55 The idea for the book 02:03 Step 1 - Collect content 04:50 Step 2 - Process videos 06:48 Step 3 - Review structure, connect 07:43 Step 4 - Follow my interest 08:22 Step 5 - Create book outline --- // ABOUT ME Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole My travel YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/luckydippers k6 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/k6test // APPS I USE - Obsidian: https://obsidian.md - Readwise: https://readwise.io/nicole - Shortform: https://shortform.com/nicole - Reclaim: https://reclaim.ai/r/s/yYOqK // GEAR https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/gear/ // WANT TO SUPPORT ME? ❤️ Join my Patreon and get my sample vault with templates: https://patreon.com/nicolevdh ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/nicolevdh Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I may get a small percentage when you sign up using those links. To see how I decide what to promote in this way, check out my Ethics Statement: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/ethics/

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Milos Belcevic

Good luck!! I am also trying to write a book in public this year, and I chose a middle path: I set up a newsletter where people can get pieces of content that will go into the book :) I'm organizing the writing visually using Obsidian Canvas; use Airtable for 'labeling' chapters with key areas; and I write in Google Docs.

nicolevdh
>>103161275

Thank you!! I hadn't considered organising using Canvas. Hmmm. I'll need to look into that for sure! I'm not a fan of Google Docs and also, given the subject matter, I think it might work out well for me to do it in Obsidian. But Canvas might be an interesting thing to use instead of Kanban (which is what I was considering using). Thanks!!

Scott Smith

FromSergio just did a video where he talks about how he organizes ideas using canvas. You can skip to the timestamp where he talks about how he uses canvas unless you need a review of canvas :). It looked interesting.