One Line at a Time

I’d read this post by Derek Sivers back in 2022 and thought it was a great suggestion on how to write. When I’d attempted to utilize it in whatever Markdown writing app I was using at the time, it didn’t work. The parser didn’t support the new line method and I’d get a line break after each sentence, which wasn’t what I wanted. I’ve since moved to iA Writer and it does support writing this way. It struck me that I should give it a go again and here we are.

Each sentence of this post I’ve written and then hit the return key before starting the next sentence. Many apps, iA Writer included, let you put focus on the sentence you are currently typing and the rest of the paragraph fades away to a light gray. In many ways, it accomplishes the same thing that Derek is suggesting, but you can use both and nothing breaks. I don’t know if I’ll continue writing this way, but it’s a cool experiment and I want to see if my sentences benefit from the approach.