Also worth remembering that you can use more than one editor on the same file. It's a little sad that no markdown editor seems designed to do this well, but at least iA is improving even if that improvement shows only on Windows so far. Word has 15 levels of headings against markdown's 6 though. But you do need manipulation using the outline, and preferably folding, to do that effectively. Find what works and feels best for you and don’t worry whether or not anyone else agrees with your choice.īrandon Sanderson writes his books using Word, and it seems to work well for him.Ī markdown file is perfectly capable of being a novel, or even a whole series of novels. And Obsidian is a killer PKM and notes app, with incredible depth and power-for free-so it’s worth looking into no matter what.īut that’s me. There are a number of plugins that would make the job easier, including (though I’ve never used it) a longform plugin that tries to duplicate a few of Scrivener’s features. I’ve become a daily user of Obsidian, and if I wanted to write a novel in markdown, I’d use that rather than iA Writer. I do sometimes write rough fragments in iA Writer and import them into Scrivener, though. Sure, you can write a novel with it, just as you can write a novel in Microsoft Word or any text editor or word processor-or on a typewriter or with a pen. IA Writer is a pretty basic markdown editor, with no special features at all for longform, especially the Mac version, which still lacks folding text and outline navigation. And I prefer rich text over markdown for fiction writing. If you find the interface distracting, you can put it in focus mode and there’s nothing on the screen but your words. Scrivener just makes it so easy to reorganize, split, and combine sections, scenes, and smaller fragments quickly and easily-and also work with it as if it were already one long document whenever you want. Ideas ”on the fly”- Drafts (or Apple Notes)Īny thoughts? Would be very thankful for input/feedback that can help me spend my time being creative instead of confused.I have both, but I’d much rather use Scrivener for longform writing than iA Writer. Is Drafts just ”overkill”- is iA just as good to put in notes and ideas ”on the fly”? Is iA Writer also a good option to Scrivener in large text projects with many chapters? Or shall I-since I own a copy of each app- keep my novels in Scrivener and the rest uniA? I left Evernote since Apple Notes us enough for my needs. That said: does anyone here use both Scrivener and iA Writer? If so, how do you use them? I tend to use Apple Notes aswell, mainly as a ”library” for texts, ideas and such, even if I write in other apps. What I like about iA Writer is also that I can use iCloud instead of Dropbox-an option I don´t have in Scrivener. I am all-Apple (MacBook pro, iPad 8th gen, iPhone 11) so I don´t need to sync with Android or Microsoft. Also it seems to be good when updating my website ( mainly a WP blog).I also use Drafts for ideas.Īs you might understand this is not the best way to be creative. Recently I bought iA Writer, since Ulysses is too expensive due to the steep subscription cost and iA Writer can post directly to. I spend too much time on the options and too little time on the writing. However I feel that for my short stories, standup routines, non-fiction articles and such, Scrivener confuses me. I use Scrivener since many years to write on my novel-ideas.
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