This is a YouTube video titled "Here's why you should write in different mediums" containing a monologue or talk from October 3, 2024, discussing a writing exercise involving using the non-dominant hand and the impact of writing in different digital platforms on the writing process and editing. The content features a single speaker sharing personal insights on writing techniques.
One of my favorite writing exercises I ever did in college was our teacher said write a story using your non dominant hand. And it was such a revealing exercise because it made you realize that because you couldn't write with your non dominant hand, writing every single word was so painful, it took so long that I found myself inherently picking different words and shortening the things that I was trying to say. I wasn't being long winded because it was so painful and annoying for me to write every single word. So it changed the way that I was writing. And I've noticed this over the years too. When I write in a Google Doc, it's like I view the words differently than if I write it in notion, which is different than when I write it in medium, which is different than when I write it on my phone. So you always want to be looking for and practicing in these different mediums or a really great editing technique is to take something that you've written in one domain and then read it on a different device or in a different domain, because there's just something about reading it in a different UI that makes you notice things differently.
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