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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (11 children)

Welcome Miguel!

I've added Writing Month as an alternative tracker to the Community description, as it looks like a nice tool.

I was thinking about going the pen and paper route this year, but I've just gotten into fountain pens, and really don't think I'd be able to read what I wrote if I went that route... My penmanship isn't all that good yet. So, instead, I am going to be using a new (to me) piece of software: Novel Writer.

But who knows, I may bail on it and end up back in my tried and true LyX.

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    Nice, I considered using Joplin as my writing tool this time around since I use it as my note-taking application, however I decided that I didn't want to use the same tool for my notes and my creative process. I have a different approach when it comes to different types of writing.

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    I looked at Obsidian some years ago, and it really just didn't fit the way I work. When I found Joplin I got it set up so I have it everywhere (desktop, laptop, phone, tablet, etc.) with everything being secured and in my control...(ie, I don't use any third-party syncing service).

    So, I think I'll just keep it the way I have it now, and use NovelWriter for working on my book(s).

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    I don't know Jer's Novel Writer.

    I know there is a similar piece of software for Mac and Windows that I've seen quite a few people using, but I don't find it all that attractive to me (I'm all about open source). And there is another piece of software that has a native Linux version I looked at, but I didn't care for it.

    Novel Writer looks like a good piece of software that really mixes all of the elements that I want into a single package.

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    Yeah, Scrivner was one of the two I was thinking of. But I can't remember the name of the other one.

    I've gotten used to LyX, and can't really look back. Word and LibreOffice are kind of the antithesis of what I want too use when I'm writing.

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    I was using vim as my writing tool for a while. I did that using make files and pandoc to produce epub / pdf versions of the book I was working on.

    But I decided that I wanted to get away from the nerdy stuff and just focus on my writing instead. Hence going back to LyX - and now looking at Novel Writer.

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