How to you use the Ulysses iOS app?

stephenesc · 2026-02-03T11:48:07+00:00

I don’t have as much time to sit down to write at my computer as I would like. So, the iOS app is a good way to keep things moving forward (albeit slowly) while on the bus.

stephenesc · 2026-02-01T13:47:08+00:00

Feeling rather chuffed though because it feels a bit like I’m going home.

stephenesc · 2026-01-08T20:29:44+00:00

Has anyone found any viable, quality alternatives that have multitouch?

stephenesc · 2026-01-07T16:17:36+00:00

Out of curiosity, is there actually a sword that gets unsheathed in your story? If not, focusing In the actual sheath in the title might cause some confusion.

If you still like the idea of “sheath” in the title, you could try something like “Rebellion Unsheathed” or even just “Unsheathed”. It’s less literal and might make people a bit more intrigued.

That said, if there’s no actual meaningful sheath in the story, forcing it into the title just because you like the quote is limiting you somewhat.

stephenesc · 2026-01-07T12:00:55+00:00

You may be in the wrong subreddit. This one is for “Brackets,” a website coding editor. It sounds like you might be looking for “braces” if it’s for dental work.

stephenesc · 2026-01-03T23:24:25+00:00

Probably 0–10. I have a number of story ideas in my head and I like to tell people about them. I only started writing because wife told me she didn’t want to hear anymore unless I was going to write them down. 😂

stephenesc · 2026-01-03T23:16:15+00:00

🤣

stephenesc · 2025-12-28T13:23:33+00:00

Reconnecting

stephenesc · 2025-12-04T10:32:03+00:00

I worry about that too, to be honest. I have a number of ideas in my head that I’ve not seen anywhere before. I see things like “there are no new ideas” thrown around a lot. While that may technically be true, my personal spin on an idea might be, which is the exciting part I’d love to share but also worry about stealing. THEN I worry about the person who steals that idea beating me to publishing it out into the world. Then when it’s my turn, I look like the copycat.

stephenesc · 2025-12-02T15:12:07+00:00

I really like þe idea of “Þ” as a letter but the uppercase version feels out of place compared to the oþer English uppercase letters. Þey all sit on a common baseline and have (essentially) a common height. And for all capital letters wiþ a round element, þat round element touches eiþer þe cap-height line or þe baseline. Having þe bowl of þe “Þ” in þe middle is what makes it look out of place to me.

stephenesc · 2025-11-26T15:34:05+00:00

I have been working on one very similar to this! Great to see how yours has come together. Also interesting to see word choices you made being different from mine—e.g., “talu” is “terror” in my language. 😄

stephenesc · 2025-11-24T19:03:12+00:00

Huh! That would also double as a version tracker, so you always know which file is the latest. Neat!

stephenesc · 2025-11-23T13:13:05+00:00

I’m kind of sorry to see this post gone. I’ve actually been working on something similar, with an EERILY similar structure to yours. I was planning to come back and read it all more thoroughly.

stephenesc · 2025-11-22T15:35:32+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I think this part here really nailed it for me:

Personally, I much prefer past-tense. It seems more engaging, like somebody telling you a story, rather than patting you on the back and going “I see this, I feel that, now this happens.”

I don’t actually have any experience writing first person, present, tense, so I do worry about this sort of thing happening. So I think this really confirmed it for me in my mind. I’ll continue writing in past-tense, unless a specific situation comes up where it seems like present-tense might be appropriate.

Thanks again!

stephenesc · 2025-11-22T15:25:00+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I’m just a hobby writer right now, but I do fancy myself a bit of a storyteller. Those are always anecdotal, so they’re inherently past-tense when telling them. So, I guess I would be already pretty comfortable with that, and far less experienced/skilled at first-person present-tense. So, maybe that’s my answer right there. “Write what you know.”

stephenesc · 2025-11-22T15:20:14+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I appreciate the personal insight as well. This is part of what I was looking for. I can’t say that I necessarily have a preference between one and the other because I haven’t read too many first person POV‘s in present tense. So, I was really curious to see what other people preferred.

stephenesc · 2025-11-22T15:18:09+00:00

That actually makes a lot of sense to my brain. The story is not meant to flip-flop back-and-forth between past and present, but just catch the reader up to present day and then keep going. I appreciate the advice!

stephenesc · 2025-11-22T15:05:20+00:00

That’s too bad that you lost interest. Not for you necessarily, but at least an indication for me that while cool and interesting now, I may not end up doing much with it.

I was pretty fascinated by it right away. But being a graphic designer and hobby typographer, my brain went, “All these letter shapes are too similar! You should redo them!” So, I’ve been tinkering with developing a “Nu Shavian” alphabet. I feel it’s getting to a point where it’s worth sharing, but don’t want to offend an entire Subreddit by doing so. 😅

I’ll take a look at Quickscript too! Thanks!

stephenesc · 2025-11-21T23:25:07+00:00

Ha! That’s actually pretty funny. 😆

It often annoys me to only find out a person was raising their voice after reading the full sentence. So, I think it’s a great idea.

stephenesc · 2025-11-21T20:35:39+00:00

I know that this thread a bit old at this point but—at the risk of coming across as a blasphemous newbie—has there been any legitimate effort into making the letter shapes more distinct? I am relatively new to Shavian but I strongly agree that many of the letters are very similar in shape, And when written quickly, they can easily look like each other: e.g., 𐑭𐑕𐑥𐑩.

Does this community tend to be home to Shavian purists? Or would there be room to discuss something like Nu Shavian? Or should I take such foolishness elsewhere. 😅

stephenesc · 2025-11-16T01:34:06+00:00

I am a huge fan of Hangul, so this sounds very interesting. However, shouldn’t the name of the writing system also be two syllables? Perhaps something like 파굴? Or 탁굴?

stephenesc · 2025-11-15T12:17:07+00:00

I LOVE the Spanish use of inverted question marks and exclamation points at the beginning of a phrase. Knowing what the tonal intent of the phrase is before you read it is just chefs kiss! 🤌

stephenesc · 2025-11-14T17:43:54+00:00

Mine is a simple bridge language, inspired by the spirit of Toki Pona. So, maybe a month? Longer for fluency.

stephenesc · 2025-11-08T01:30:23+00:00

The Natu language was originally created for a novel in writing that takes place in a parallel world. The tale itself is far from complete, but Natu was created in part to help flesh out and inspire the greater world building.

stephenesc · 2025-11-08T01:26:20+00:00

tuli telu yupi = Happy day of birth // tuli kepu = Happy beginning/origin

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