Writing can take many forms now a days. Some prefer pen and paper and others prefer word processors. I am curious what !writing@beehaw.org uses for their own writing.

For me I have used Scrivener before but found it too powerful for my style of writing. I now find myself using Google docs since it can sync to so many places and I can write wherever I go. (If anyone has a FOSS Google docs alternative I am all ears)

So, !writing@beehaw.org, what is your software of choice? If you prefer pen and paper, what does your process look like?

  • Gil (he/they)@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I agree - my writing in VS Code is definitely less prone to distraction. I usually enable the zen mode to get rid of all the editor fluff too, makes it less overwhelming to look at. The way I have it set up, the zen mode doesn’t trigger fullscreen mode, and the buffer takes up the entire window except for the file header and the title bar.