Hey y’all,
What do you find works best for writing your story on? I’ve been using Microsoft Word on my desktop, but I’m getting frustrated because it takes forever to scroll to where I left off or to find something in an earlier section…plus it’s taking up so much storage on my computer that I’m having trouble with that as well. Is there some sort of online location (preferably free, LOL) y’all use that allows for easier navigation and stores the manuscript in the cloud? With my short stories, I’ve never had the need to consider a different resource, but with my novel…totally not motivating to have to scroll through a hundred pages to find a little detail or to get to where I need to keep writing – especially as my computer has trouble loading that big of a document.
Thanks so much!
Great question! Scrivener is a really good resource, it solves the scrolling problem that you’re describing. It keeps chapters and/or scenes in individual documents, but you can also view the whole manuscript together when you want to.
It’s not a great cloud solution, though. You can sync it, but the software and your file are still going to have a local component on your machine.
Atticus is another option. It’s quite a bit more expensive, and they tout themselves almost like a book design program, but I think it does most of what Scrivener does and it has built-in cloud storage features.
I’d love to hear from others. Has anyone else used a program that accomplishes what Jaela is looking for?
