Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask if anyone has a preferred software for the purpose of creative writing.

Libre Office Writer is great of course, but just as software like LogSeq or Obsidian exist for the note taking process, I was wondering if there is anything that is specifically geared toward the creative writing process.

I know that there are federated blog platforms which focus on this in their presentation, but was curious about applications specifically.

FOSS is definitely preferable.

Thanks!

  • @vulpes@lemm.eeOP
    6•6 days ago

    That’s interesting. What does the structure of that looks like? New notes per chapter and then back-linking them together, or everything in just one note?

    • @cygnus@lemmy.ca
      7•6 days ago

      I started with a single file that had bullet points for each story beat, then those grew into chapters. I then had files/notes for specific things that I needed to remember but didn’t want in the novel itself (character backstories, etc). After a while I found the single file overwhelming so I split it into one file per chapter, that way it was easier to focus on one at a time; when I felt they were all in decent shape I put them back together in one file. I use headings for each chapter title so that I can jump to each one in the table of contents. I’m now doing a final pass for tone and for minor fixes; when something needs attention I highlight it so that I can find it later.

      I tried a LOT of different apps but Obsidian was for me the best combination of being very responsive, not too distracting, easy to navigate, and not locking me into a proprietary format.

      I also love iA writer but it doesn’t work on Linux, or with Wine…