We had to re-post! In the previous post... Aleksander Austad said, "Wow! You put some amazing content out lately 👌🏻 " and many people liked his comment (trust me)! ... And then Codename Unknown said, "Amazing and original content Nick. This is what Internet is for, imho." True story. You should have been there.

@encapsulatio

2 жыл бұрын

Someone asked me about formatting for publishing novels. How's Obsidian doing on that area? Can it format for publishing or not?

The main things I got from this... The writer's challenge: Each sentence you write has to reflect multiple dimensions or multiple end goals. Constant refactoring through new MOCs is necessary and natural. "It's the work". Use atomic notes for raw material, not block references. You'll change the title of your notes as you see new meanings for them. Some ideas become deprecated. You can store these in a 'depecrated area'. You don't have to delete them (phew). At some point you'll apply a hypothesis (for me a non fiction writer, your proposition of truth about the world. Your writing then works to prove this. I'd also see hypothesis as a way to organise 'tree leaves' raw data for the benefit of my reader, into tree branches. Helpful and valuable in an info-overloaded world. MOCs can build tree branches ie construction of narrative/hypothesis/proof). Sometimes a chapter is driven by plot, by character, by mood, or something else. A flexible system like LYT is helpful. As a writer you don't know exactly where you're going. This process can be trusted. Great writers have never had a (mental) handle on all story components. And yet they keep going forwards with faith. You have the right to state what you want from the story. So you are not entirely helpless and spectating. The story unpologetically reflects part of you. Thank you!

I am autistic and doing a doctorate degree. Discovering obsidian through your videos has been mind blowing for me as it's the closest way my mind works...linking and connecting everything one way or another. It feels so intuitive and natural.

@Petertwohig1948

2 жыл бұрын

I am autistic too, and just finishing my fourth novel, and just discovered Obsidian. I am now using it to reconsider a few weak points in the book. I too write in Scrivener, and I find O complements its regular structure quite nicely. As I am working on two other novels as well, I will continue to use it for ideation.

What did you take away from this? Cement it in your mind with a comment below!

Rewatching this again a year later, and I feel like I've learned so much again! Thanks for sharing Nick and Lionel.

Oh I just started the video but I already know this is gonna be a huge help for me as well

This was SO helpful. I'm starting to use Obsidian, and one of the reasons is to help me finally write a story that bounces around my head for a while. I was thinking of creating a vault for my story, separate from my Zettelkasten vault. But now I'm considering using the same vault for everything!

I found Obsidian yesterday and have been thinking about creating my series bible in it, as well as my research...so this is so serendipitous.

@linkingyourthinking

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Anna, yes!! You must. Please let me know how it goes. I'm in the TV industry and have connections with instructors at UCLA teaching exactly this. I've been waiting for someone to actually apply linked thought to this. Please reach out and let's continue the convo: support@linkingyourthinking.com

I've been trying to do this for a while and is great to see an established author confirm that the system can work! ❤️ One question I had is if the book writing still happens in Scrivener, and if so, how much struggle is to go back and forth (scrivener and obsidian) or how the 2 are linked, or if they are just 2 completely separate systems. Thanks for the insight Lionel!

I understand the concept of MOCs but this video did a great job showcasing their practicality. As an Air Force ROTC instructor, I've been using Obsidian to see how much of our curriculum is linked together. I've found that some of the lesson plan material is linking to notes I already had in my vault which is pretty cool. This method will also help ID the weak ties and we can determine whether to strengthen the material or consider dropping it altogether.

@linkingyourthinking

3 жыл бұрын

Ah very cool to hear how you're using them!

Great stuff! Thanks so much, Lionel and Nick. I am an independent author with three books out so far, but now getting into the weeds of world-building and series- and novel-creation in a different genre. Having also just discovered Obsidian, it looks like this could become just the tool I need to go from a mess of ideas to a fleshed-out structure ready for Scrivener. Thanks again.

@linkingyourthinking

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Exactly to this. Andy, please do let me know how this process goes for you. I'm around if you'd want to informally continue the convo: support@linkingyourthinking.com

Such a terrific video. I am an aspiring novelist trying to use Obsidian for my works. This is so in-time for me!

@linkingyourthinking

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Thank you for sharing this, Nick. I'm gradually working my way into using Obsidian for fiction writing and this is a huge help.

@linkingyourthinking

3 жыл бұрын

This is a true game changer for writing fiction, so it's great to hear this!

What does "The garage door is closed" mean? Is that from the LYT workshop ?

Thank you for this helpful information. What’s the thing with the garage door being opened and closed? I don’t get what that metaphor means.

@linkingyourthinking

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Foodstuffs. Adding to that, the phrase "working with the garage door open" almost certainly stems back to the early days in silicon valley where folks like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were working on Apple from Steve's parent's garage

So that was really awesome. - he answered many questions I had about using Obsidian to help write fiction! Questions around how the linkages or interoperability of Obsidian and Scrivener - do you use any external links? How do you reference materials in one to the other?

What does he mean by constantly MOC'ing? Constantly Map of Contents?

@linkingyourthinking

3 жыл бұрын

Lionel turning MOC into a verb, haha! So, I interpret it to mean, "constantly building MOCs and refactoring those MOCs"

Word to the wise: if you're keeping your vaults in Dropbox, don't use emojis in note titles. Dropbox does not recognize them a legitimate symbols and won't synch any file with an emoji in its name.

@linkingyourthinking

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Dropbox is flagrantly behind the times and can't be recommended for emoji lovers at this time