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What software do you use when writing??
I rolled my eyes when I saw this question on Reddit. Word, of course! Doesn't everyone use Word?
(Or, as a blogger, my WordPress dashboard.)
APPARENTLY, not everyone uses Word. I was a little bit in shock. People apparently use a variety of programs for writing. My favorite suggestion was Dark Room, which I wrote about here.
Dark Room appeals to the slacker in me. The facebook addict in me. The procrastinator extraordinaire in me.
It is cool.
Anyway, what do you guys use? Anything other than standard Word or blog dashboards?
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Permalink Reply by Angie on -
I use Windows 7 Word, Microsoft Office Word (which I love 'cause of spell check ♥) and my blog dashboard. Possibly Photoshop CS5 if I'm doing something artsy with the writing. ^_^
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Permalink Reply by cooper on -
For my blog I use ScribeFire. I've used Live Writer but it is more than I needed, If I'm home I use the dashboard.
I use Microsoft Word.
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Felicilda on -
Depends on what I'm writing. This will sound nerdy, but I always keep a 3X5" notebook on my person at all times. You never know where you'll be and you'll come up with literally anything, a word, a sound or other sensation, or an image you need to jot down or even draw to describe later, just enough to remember it. Keep a notebook on you. Remembering what you want to write is overrated.
As for typing, yeah, word. Sometimes, and this is weird too, but the sound of typing will make me lose my train of thought if I'm really deep into an idea for a script and I'll have to hand write it so I don't hear anything.
Writers have strange habits.
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Permalink Reply by jaminicole on -
Yeah, I've carried the notebooks for awhile, but mostly it just get's beat up in my purse since I now have a notetaking app on my Droid. But I agree, it can be really helpful.
I cannot hand write anything for long...my hand is completely weak from dealing with keyboards my whole life.
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Permalink Reply by Lip on -
I write my poems in notepads (of both the physical and windows varieties)
I write my blog posts in Word
I write research papers in Word (for compatability with others)
I wrote my PhD thesis in LaTeX using TeXnic Centre.
I'm planning to use LaTeX again for a full length epic poem. Once you get to grips with it LaTeX makes big projects easy.
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Permalink Reply by jaminicole on
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How does LaTeX work? Does it let you rearrange sections and whatnot?
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Permalink Reply by Lip on
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LaTeX is a markup language. Most of the writing is done in plain text files, it's a bit like html.
1) Set up a main document, you pretty much use this for ordering chapters etc.
2) Set up a configuration file with details like paper size, font choices, header style, chapter title styles etc.
3) After that all that matters is the typing. Splitting the project into smaller text files makes moving chapters about easily,
e.g. your main document may have this:
\include{Chapters/A}
\include{Chapters/B}
if you want them the other way around you just do this
\include{Chapters/B}
\include{Chapters/A}
If you're writing something that requires using references, or section and chapter numbers then it sorts all those things out for you automagically, and even spits out a nice table of contents.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Introduction is worth checking out if it sounds useful to you.
Hope that helps :)
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Permalink Reply by M on -
Yeah I just use Microsoft word and then cut and paste it into blogger. It seems the easiest and it's what I'm used to from school.
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Permalink Reply by Gina on -
I'm a Mac user, and I hate HATE Pages so much that I installed Microsoft word. And since Firefox has a built in spell checker, I just use my blogger dashboard for posts.
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Permalink Reply by Rob of the Sky on -
I use the Wordpress dashboard when writing out a new blog post. I use Open office if I need to write something as a document (like a resume or cover letter). The regular Microsoft Office costs too much for me to want to purchase.
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