For both professional and aspiring writers, Logseq can be an incredibly powerful tool.
This is particularly true for fiction authors. Many of them are constantly getting ideas — plotlines, characters, character arcs, backstories, world-building details, dialogues, descriptions, and so on. Some of them have set up a system where they jot down their thoughts on index cards and organize them by category. Later on, when they are ready to incorporate these ideas into a novel or short story, they can pull them out for reference.
This is a great use case for Logseq. Savvy authors can enter ideas as they occur into Logseq on a daily basis. Later on, when the time is right, they can easily access all the ideas they’ve ever had on any topic. This is far superior to the index card method, because:
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Their previous entries come up chronologically, so they can examine the evolution of a particular concept over time, which may spark even more ideas.
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Once in a while, they may surprise themselves when they see something from years ago that they have forgotten — human memory is far from perfect.
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Logseq can show them connections between ideas that eluded them before. Some ideas, previously thought to be unconnected, can come together in unexpected, synergistic ways.
All of the above showcase the value of Logseq.
At the moment, Logseq is still not as well known as one would prefer. The authors of my personal acquaintance are still not aware of it, and I don’t know of any published authors out there who are using Logseq on a daily basis.
Of course, one doesn’t have to be an author to capture ideas with Logseq. Your own ideas may be entirely different from those of a novelist, but the same methodology applies. Logseq goes well beyond the benefits of keeping a daily journal — it give you something like an x-ray vision through your own mind from the past to the present.