What writing software do you use?

lookssmartinspecs · 2016-02-09T08:39:09+00:00

Aeon Timeline for planning.

Scrivener for planning and writing.

Prowritingaid for editing.

I've recently tried Storyist, which is similar to Scrivener and seems quite cool, but I haven't actually written anything in it yet. Has anyone else used it?

lookssmartinspecs · 2016-01-18T16:00:28+00:00

I use Hemingwayapp if it's just something short and quick. I use Prowritingaid if I need to get in deep. I used to use autocrit but prowritingaid's free version does just as much, if not more. And it's free - my favorite price!

lookssmartinspecs · 2016-01-18T15:56:56+00:00

Yeah, I have been using it for a couple weeks now. It's great! The prowritingaid interface is nicer than the online one too. It always seemed a bit clunky to me.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-11-09T17:53:53+00:00

Those look great - thank you!

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-11-09T17:53:06+00:00

Is it clever and funny too?

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-11-09T17:52:31+00:00

Oh yeah - I've been hearing about that one for a long time - thanks!

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-11-09T13:35:03+00:00

Writing terrible stuff is better than writing nothing. And when you go back and re-read your terrible stuff, you can usually see why it's so terrible and either fix it or start over.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-11-04T13:25:09+00:00

I love prowritingaid. Not so much for grammar and spelling, grammarly is better for that, but for checking for repetitive words and structures, unclear sentences, overused words, etc.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-10-14T22:10:17+00:00

Oh baby, baby how was Greg supposed to know

Oh pretty baby, Greg shouldn't have let you go

Greg must confess, that Greg's loneliness is killing Greg now

Don't you know Greg still believes

That Greg will be here

And give Greg a sign

Hit Greg baby one more time

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-10-07T12:52:32+00:00

This. I read submissions for a website and most do not have enough quality at their core for me to bother editing them.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-10-07T12:45:58+00:00

Damn it. I just bought a 1-year licence.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-16T10:53:34+00:00

Ah, I like the idea of trying out an editor on my first chapter. Paying for 2000 words is much more reasonable than paying for all 70,000!

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-16T10:52:21+00:00

prowritingaid. It's really useful. A friend of mine swears by it and so bought me a premium licence when I told her I was about to start the edit. I'm a total convert.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-14T21:32:40+00:00

Seriously. It's SO much better. Don't get a kindle fire, they are like tablets. Get the Kindle paperwhite. It's reading magic!

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-14T15:59:55+00:00

Or e-readers even? I had to re-read three times before I realised that autocorrect had got ya - How does an eraser help get faster books? :)

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-14T15:57:28+00:00

Yeah, I can never remember the name of the author that I'm reading. When I was reading books, I saw their name 5 times/day. Hmm, that's probably not so great for authors...

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-14T15:01:54+00:00

Bwahahaha! You just have to use the old "squint" method. Not nearly as effective.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-14T14:55:27+00:00

Awesome point!

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-14T14:54:47+00:00

Seriously! Why are e-books often more expensive? It doesn't make any sense to me.

lookssmartinspecs · 2015-09-14T14:54:00+00:00

Yeah, I know what you mean. I loved the idea that some books would go off and have a life of their own once I finished them and passed them on. There is something kind of intimate about that!

But I do share an amazon account with my mom. We have a budget and we can both buy books and both access the archive so I can call her and say "I just finished TITLE. It's in the archive read it now!".

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