~/talk

Idea to Novel Superstructure: Emacs for Writing

Talkat EmacsConf 2020 · 2020-11-28..11-29· [developer-experience]
links:none on file
slides:none on file

Converts a single seed idea into a finished novel and a non‑fiction book using Emacs and org‑mode rather than Scrivener or Word, claiming the workflow actually produces completed manuscripts. Uses the Snowflake method plus Tony Ballantyne’s Emacs writing template, organizes characters, arcs, locations and scenes in org-mode columnview, relies on fold and unfold for structure and clocking and export for tracking and output, and reports successful publication.

AI-written summary · about

~/search
type to search 6,249 conferences, 138,987 speakers and 185,172 talks
~/help
cmdctrl k
search every conference, speaker and series
/
focus the filter search
h
home
c
conferences
s
speakers
e
series
t
light / dark — the status bar button does the same
?
this help
esc
close this, then clear every filter — or just the search, while you are typing in it

Ignored while you are typing. Pages without a filter rail have no search to focus.