What tools do you use for writing? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by elarem@beehaw.org to c/writing@beehaw.org

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Was curious to see what tools everyone uses for both writing and storage.

Personally I use Word for writing, Excel for planning and progress tracking, and a local MediaWiki server for note taking.

What about you?

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[-] tux0r@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Although I like GNU Emacs a lot (it is my IDE, my scratchpad, my IRC client, my Matrix client, my Gopher browser and my part-time e-mail reader) and I use org-mode for my TODO lists and structuring for my more complex blog posts, I (personally) consider it inadequate for writing long-form prose. I always feel that it expects me to have a list wrapped around it. I know that org-novelist exists, but it tries to enforce a workflow that's not mine.

I just had a brief look at Manuskript and it crashes immediately. I think I'll wait for 1.0.0 before I try again.

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