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The Writing Apps I Use (and Why)
Every writer has a set of apps that they prefer to write. It has taken a long time for me to find my happy place, I have already stated how much having a MacBook has changed it. Before this, I was making a set up that worked for me. With some of these apps I have gone through multiple phrases too before arriving at what works for me. So, while the other articles have focused on accessibility — this one will keep accessibility in mind but broaden it out.
Scrivener
Scrivener and I have had a bit of a rocky relationship — it is not that I didn’t like it, I just didn’t understand how I could use it effectively. I went back and forth where I would write my articles, and for a time wrote directly into my WordPress site. Now, after working with labels, categories and tags, and also a lot of copy and pasting: everything is now in its own scrivener project called My Blog Posts, which is anything I write that isn’t in a newsletter.
Being on a MacBook mean that using TTS for article writing a lot easier when I am on my computer but need to use that function sometimes.
ProWritingAid
I bought this app long ago, because I didn’t want to continually pay for a better grammar/spellchecker. I got a perpetual license of ProWritingAid, but never used it. When on Windows, the app was totally separate. I…
