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I was about 40k into the last draft of the novel and I realized I needed to go back and rework the outline. That sucked, let me te you.

the funny thing is, each time I rework the outline it feel so great. I'm on, like, the third rework right now. I just want to write, but it takes time to get ready and that is kind of annoying.

@lrshdl yeah. the people who have read it think it sucks, but oh well. I am really enjoying the process of writing it, though. it's a great story, no matter what. just a matter of keeping at it

each time I re-work my novel's outline it gets a little bit better. it just is a lot of work. writing a novel is hard work, but then all creative acts are, I guess

I am quite pleased with the state of my , though I keep having to rework the outline. That's a pain.

just remember, guys, the only thing standing between America and fascism is POTUS is a complete dumbass.

I really like how the federated timeline moves, that is a feature that would be cool to have as a singe pane running next to your main work during the day.

One thing I could see this helping is blogging. 500 characters is much better for explaining things than 140.

guys, POTUS may very well escalate things in Syria...why am I the only person to be worried about this.

it is very interesting that this is pretty much just like Usenet in that it's distributed....very interesting concept.

this is your daily reminder that POTUS is nuts.

Ok, the feed is starting to get way, way, way, too fast, guys

one of the many cool concepts associated with my idea, is it gives the average person the ability to build up respect within the service so they, too, can have a live chat with thought leaders eventually.

if you limit the creation of new Groups to Verified Accounts, that not only limits how many Groups you have, but also gives thought leaders a sense of stakeholdership.

to me, a mere novice, it seems that what end users want is searchable live chat. They want AOL Chat rooms, in a sense. This service is a good step in that direction

This Twitter killer's live chat comments would be long enough to allow for images and inline editing
octodon.social/media/PNqBYrsAK

here is another bit of it. You would have a live discussion but with some of the cool aspects of the old Usenet as well octodon.social/media/dl0o0-2mf