![]() I mean, I know about a sheet of paper and about rain falling in sheets but why use the word to describe something that a sheet isn’t? But, I’m not giving up on it yet. Initial nit picks about Ulysses include the use of jargon like sheets rather than text or copy. I do like the stripped down nature of the interface but, at least so far, I’m not seeing it as transformational of either my writing process or of my ability to maintain organization of elements of plot, characters, scenes and timeframe. So far, I’m not sure if iA Writer or Ulysses will be of much help to me, anyway. I also email the copy and dump another copy into A Google Doc but now I’m giving you a bit too much insight into how much I hate the idea of losing my work. I compose for a while and then I cut and paste the copy into Word as a back-up. The fun part is that I’m alternating its among Word, iA Writer and Ulysses. I’m prone to breaking promises I make to myself so rather than a six month respite I’m already working on my next novel. I narrowed down the initial candidates to iA Writer and Ulysses. If it was, no one would get anything done with it and there are plenty of writers who do the majority of their work within its environment.īut, Word is distracting. When it comes to writing, it’s easy to come to see Word as the devil you know which is nearly always preferable to the devil you don’t. Word is not anathema to the creative process. On the other hand, who doesn’t use Microsoft Word? Having a writing environment that facilitated the writing process was a plus. Having a mechanism that facilitated the organization of my writing was of primary importance. The idea was to take some time to research and test drive various writing apps. I promised myself six months respite between finishing my first novel and starting on my second. Paul Cervantes on February 18: Another clear…
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