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 Wish more folks posted stories / WIPs on Nostr. We have a number of authors here, but never get to see what they’re up to. 

#writing #story #fiction #grownostr 
 Long form sucks on mobile clients.  
 Eh, I’ve scrolled through some of Lyn’s long posts and been just fine 😂 that’s about the size of a nice snippet 
 Sure, but I'd never compose in client.

I'd like to have a much more complete ecosystem where you compose a note before transmitting it to multiple relays for viewing on various clients from desktop websites to posting a link on Twitter clones to even generating the web page itself all signed by your key pair with no friction. 

Unlike now where if you have a substack you have to post a link or copy and mess with formatting.

Plus I've still yet to see a good alternative to a patreon-style subscription service.  
 Fancy! I was just thinking copy paste 😂 
 I tend to think in systems. Nothing wrong with C&P, but it's not how you build an ecosystem that is conducive to writing on something as far reaching as nostr. 

S'why not many people are coming over from tackytokky or those with big IG followings. I don't think we will until the censorship gets so bad they HAVE to find nostr, and I'd rather build things in a sensible fashion to support artists of all types (OK, almost all, some of y'all need Jesus!) in the digital realm. We're still figuring out a lot of things, but... It's not good yet. IMO.  
 Why do you think so / what is the suckiness? 
 You can't easily compose anything that long. Copy and paste is about the only thing you can do.

Making something long form readable hasn't been done well on mobile, IMO.  
 What is WIPs? 
 Works In Progress  
 Ah that makes total sense thank you  
 You're welcome.  
 I've thought about writing fiction using a long form client. I just haven't got around to it.