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Question: What are your favorite writing processing (e.g. Word, Scrivener, yWriter, Dabble), writing apps, software, and tools? Why do you recommend them? And which one is your all time favorite that you cannot live without and use daily or at least whenever you write?
I'm a huge fan of Scrivener because of its organizational features. I can have everything relating to my story in the file, within reach. I upload my copies to Google Drive though years ago I used DropBox. Anywhere is good as long as you can access it from whichever computer you're using. Some people even open it directly in DropBox.
But I also use Dragon. I know it's not a "processing" tool but it is a writing one. The difference is that I can dictate. Which spares my hands, something I'm struggling with at the moment. And I beat NaNo one year in 11 days using Dragon. There are many other programs available now, some specific to Apple products.
I've heard some people say they hate having to say "open quote" or "closed quote," etc. But guess what? AI can do all that for you! Get some kind of voice to text software, tell yourself the story, and then have ChatGPT or Claude or whichever you want to use, do all the grammar stuff!
I think it's brilliant!
But what do you use?
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It sounds like Dragon has come a long way. I've tried "Otterly" and it's okay but dictation seems harder for me.
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely a learning curve. Author Kevin J. Anderson goes on hikes in the mountains with his plot cards and dictates his entire books. It's one of the reasons he's so prolific.
DeleteA lot of writers in our group use Scrivener. I keep it simple and use Word. I have an advance version of Grammarly for work that I use too.
ReplyDeleteGrammarly is a good one! I use ProWritingAid. It doesn't just do the grammar stuff. I especially like its "echoes" which tells you when you've used the same word or phrase too close to another instance.
DeleteI always tell people to upload their stuff on Google Drive as we all have it automatically with the Google account, that way whatever happens to your computer or wherever you are you can access it easily.
ReplyDeleteWhen I translate, I usually get your books in PDF format and now I got one in Word, it is so unusual, but it is from some Greek writer so they are obviously not up to world standards LOL
lol But yes about Google Drive! I know too many writers who've lost their computers--and the work on it--during a computer crash. I'm paranoid. :D
DeleteI tried dragon like 7 years or more ago and found it didn't pick up that well. Saving my hands would be good too. Guess ai is good for somethings.
ReplyDeleteYou might not have had a good mic.
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