Hello Ken. I’m about to start my first book and I’m reaserching software. I read your post about scrivener. How do you manage your outlines on Linux? And to be honest I don’t like to bind all my work to proprietary software.
I don’t use Scrivener anymore. I’m helping to test a new Open Source editor, but it’s not ready for use yet. I personally just use LibreOffice Write. My fascination with editors that model programming IDE’s is over and now I just use an outline and a linear word processor. I also use Dropbox to back up my files and GoogleDocs for notes. My advice is to just write. Don’t worry about what software to use. That’s in the end, distracting you from writing.
Hello Ken. I’m about to start my first book and I’m reaserching software. I read your post about scrivener. How do you manage your outlines on Linux? And to be honest I don’t like to bind all my work to proprietary software.
I don’t use Scrivener anymore. I’m helping to test a new Open Source editor, but it’s not ready for use yet. I personally just use LibreOffice Write. My fascination with editors that model programming IDE’s is over and now I just use an outline and a linear word processor. I also use Dropbox to back up my files and GoogleDocs for notes. My advice is to just write. Don’t worry about what software to use. That’s in the end, distracting you from writing.
Hope that helps!