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Notes from building Strokes: on writing, AI, and keeping your documents on your own machine.
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BooksOctober 17, 2026
What is the longest book ever written? The record and its rivals
SpeechesOctober 15, 2026
Famous speeches in history and what writers can learn from them
BooksOctober 13, 2026
Shortest books to read: 30 classics under 200 pages
SpeechesOctober 11, 2026
“We shall fight on the beaches”: an analysis of Churchill's speech
BooksOctober 9, 2026
Average reading speed: how many words per minute do people read?
Writing lifeOctober 7, 2026
The writing routines of famous authors, from their own accounts
SpeechesOctober 5, 2026
“I Have a Dream” speech analysis: structure and rhetoric
BooksOctober 2, 2026
How many words is Harry Potter? Word counts of famous books
WritingSeptember 30, 2026
Writing with AI is mostly editing