Tools talk: What tools do you use to write?

Discussion in 'Authors' Hangout' started by wilparu, Jan 11, 2020.

  1. Dissonant Soundtrack

    Dissonant Soundtrack Really Really Experienced

    I use Google Docs primarily as it has the best collaboration tools and it loads easiest on the Android tablet I sometimes write on. It does make things complicated if you are branching a lot though, so I use the visual TWINE editor if its meant to.
     
  2. TheLowKing

    TheLowKing Really Really Experienced

    I... write in org-mode, in Emacs. Help.
     
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  3. ThisIsNoOne

    ThisIsNoOne Virgin

    Oddly enough I've found that that Diagrams.net is great for keeping track of branching episodes. There was a bit of a learning curve, but I was able to build out a flowchart for a story I did on another website that doesn't have any way of visualizing branching stories.
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    When you expand each rectangle it shows the chapter and my chapter notes.

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    I wouldn't necessarily write a chapter using Diagrams, but it's a nice tool to keep track of long branching stories.