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New writing tool...maybe?
Sep. 8th, 2019 12:19 pmSo some people collect notebooks or journals. I, on the other hand, seem to collect writing software. I used Open Office for years, then transitioned to Scrivener (but had to stop using when one of its updates bricked the software irretrievably) then I went back to Word. Which...as we all know, is a bloated POS that just happens to be used by pretty much everyone. Sigh.
I decided to try Ulysses yesterday as I was checking for software updates on my Mac. (Currently, I think Ulysses is only available for Mac and iOS, but here's hoping they make a PC/Android version soon.) It's not free, which is a drawback but I've used it two days now and I think it may become my go to. See, what Ulysses has---besides a completely uncluttered interface---is the ability to write on a story on the iOS app and have it be available (via iCloud) on my Mac. So I can write on my lunch break, on my phone, and have the additions/corrections show up when I fire up my Mac that night. I get a lot of my ideas during lunch so for me? This is worth the money to give it a shot.
Like Scrivener, it has a lot more functions and bells and whistles than I'm sure I'll need, but unlike Scrivener (and Word, tbh,) those things are in the background unless I need them Otherwise, it's ready to go as soon as it's downloaded.
I'm writing my first story for this year's Happy Steve Bingo on it. I'll let you know how it goes... :D
I decided to try Ulysses yesterday as I was checking for software updates on my Mac. (Currently, I think Ulysses is only available for Mac and iOS, but here's hoping they make a PC/Android version soon.) It's not free, which is a drawback but I've used it two days now and I think it may become my go to. See, what Ulysses has---besides a completely uncluttered interface---is the ability to write on a story on the iOS app and have it be available (via iCloud) on my Mac. So I can write on my lunch break, on my phone, and have the additions/corrections show up when I fire up my Mac that night. I get a lot of my ideas during lunch so for me? This is worth the money to give it a shot.
Like Scrivener, it has a lot more functions and bells and whistles than I'm sure I'll need, but unlike Scrivener (and Word, tbh,) those things are in the background unless I need them Otherwise, it's ready to go as soon as it's downloaded.
I'm writing my first story for this year's Happy Steve Bingo on it. I'll let you know how it goes... :D
