Obsidian is more than just a notetaking app. It's actually a really powerful creative writing tool if you know how to use it.

In this video, I walk you through how to add several features from powerful writing apps like Ulysses into Obsidian, including: word counts from text selections, reading time estimation, quickly adding footnotes, eliminating distractions with Focus Mode, fading inactive text to the background, tracking progress towards writing goals, and more.

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0:00 Intro
0:44 Essential Settings
3:19 Core Plugins
5:00 Better Word Count
5:26 Reading Time
5:54 Obsidian Footnotes
6:41 ProZen
7:26 Writing Goals
8:08 Typewriter Scroll
8:56 Conclusion

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
⚙ Better Word Count plugin: https://github.com/lukeleppan/better...
⚙ Reading Time plugin: https://github.com/avr/obsidianreadi...
⚙ Obsidian Footnotes Shortcut plugin: https://github.com/MichaBrugger/obsid...
⚙ ProZen plugin: https://github.com/cmoskvitin/obsidia...
⚙ Writing Goals plugin: https://github.com/lynchjames/obsidia...
⚙ Typewriter Scroll plugin: https://github.com/deathau/cmtypewri...
⚙ Stille plugin: https://github.com/michaellee/stille

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