/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15665283]

What writing program do you use? I've used Word until now but I need something with (real) dark mode and preferably with some sort of "immersion" mode (like word's "reading mode" but for editing, or pyCharm's "zen mode"). Sorry if this is asked often or something, I don't really frequent /lit/ I just thought it'd be a good place to ask.

TL;DR: Post some cool writing programs

[Anonymous No.15665422]

I'm very plain. I use Nano.

[Anonymous No.15665437]

>>15665283
I use a typewriter like a total pseud

[Anonymous No.15665439]

clay tablet and stylus

[Anonymous No.15665458]

Typora is pretty good. Has a dark mode and a typewriter mode that centers the line being written, plus a minimal interface. Sounds like something you'd like

[Anonymous No.15665535]

I use manuskript, it has helped me focusing more and creating better outlines to the stories

[Anonymous No.15665610]

Anyone know of a good spelling/grammar checker? I have access to Grammarly through my school, and while it's worked pretty well for me in the past, I don't want to upload anything personal I write to a website to be checked.

[Anonymous No.15665767]

I write in LaTeX so I use whatever text editor I'd like. You can use vim, nano, Notepad (or Notepad++), TeXStudio, or almost anything else.

[Anonymous No.15665825]

Riced out Emacs is the best if you want to put the work in

[Anonymous No.15665880]

Evernote

[Anonymous No.15665899]

>>15665439
legit gonna use a magnesium tablet and stylus when I get that sweet surface pro
>>15665458
On first glance this looks awesome, however I need proper formatting like font, paragraph identations etc, this seems geared towards coding mostly. It's a pity cause it's got awesome support and spell check for my native language (Greek) out of the box

[Anonymous No.15665930]

>>15665535
Also nice and simple, but no support for Greek language as far as I can tell, or much text formatting. Might be good if it evolves a bit and adds those features

[Anonymous No.15667390]

>>15665283
LaTeX with vim.

[Anonymous No.15667429]

>>15665422
vim>enacts>nano

[Anonymous No.15667463]

I just use a Open Office.

[Anonymous No.15668561]

>>15667463
OpenOffice Calc, the thinking mans choice.

[Anonymous No.15668603]

>>15665437
Is it not annoying when you fuck up a spelling?

[Anonymous No.15669435]

>>15668603
that shows integrity

[Anonymous No.15669463]

>>15665283
Vscodium and write in plain text. An empty line between two paragraphs.

[Anonymous No.15669489]

>>15665283
org-mode in Emacs is neat, if you're willing to put up with Emacs.
It hits a sweet spot between plain text and rich text. It's similar to markdown, but it also has syntax for comments, which is handy.
Emacs has very little visual clutter to begin with, but https://github.com/joostkremers/writeroom-mode is an immersion mode.

[Anonymous No.15669512]

Google doc gang

[Anonymous No.15669553]

>>15669512
Google Doc is pretty good, but it gets really slow and unresponsive when the file grows larger in size, which makes it pretty horrible for any longer projects.

[Anonymous No.15669632]

>>15665899
>sweet surface pro
make sure you get better than the lowest base model one if you want to be able to play more than one youtune video at once.
t. poor retard

[Anonymous No.15669648]

Sam or Acme depending on my mood.

[Anonymous No.15669714]

>>15665283
I use libreoffice because I'm poor and lazy.

[Anonymous No.15669994]

>>15665283
Used Libre Office for 3-4 years; it's basically the definition of "functional but meh". Then moved up to Word 2016/19 and was relatively content with it beyond the performance.

After switching to iPad Pro I moved to Pages and it's actually surprisingly based after getting into it phase. The UI is simplistic as fuck but it doesn't get in the way and still offers enough formatting options to make the page look decent without too much effort while the editing with markup and tracking is so damn comfy.

[Anonymous No.15670014]

>>15665899
Dude I'm Greek too, I completely get what you are saying and it comes with the territory of markdown editors. But, if you pop into settings->appearance and set the window style to classic instead of unibody then you get a menu bar that allows for most of the changes you listed except for fonts which is theme specific and depends of some custom CSS that you can add. For general notetaking it's pretty bomb, for more organized work I'd suggest you have a guide on markdown open on the side, it's great once you get the hang of it.

[Anonymous No.15670147]

>>15665283
I use a plaintext editor in night mode and oftentimes if I'm not at my desk but am struck with something neat/profound, I send a message to myself via facebook messenger

[Anonymous No.15670790]

>>15668603
Kinda but I always write the final draft on a computer so it's not a serious problem for me

[Anonymous No.15671029]

>>15665283
>install Arch (or Gentoo if you want true enlightenment)
>install vim, and the Goyo plugin
>open vim
>:Goyo
>:x when you're done writing
Your productivity will skyrocket because you will literally have zero GUI programs to distract you.

[Anonymous No.15671033]

>>15671029
basado

[Anonymous No.15671191]

Vellum

>>15665610
google docs is better than word for spell and grammar check, but copy and paste in after you're done - as others said it sucks to write in

[Anonymous No.15672740]

>>15667390
What package do you use/suggest for formatting fiction?

[Anonymous No.15672799]

pen and paper to be desu făm

[Anonymous No.15673628]

>>15672740
I use Latex on Overleaf, which is like a Google Docs type of deal for Latex, and the memoir class has good stuff for writing

[Anonymous No.15673639]

Notepad

[Anonymous No.15673660]

I use Focus Writer. It's pretty slick.

[Anonymous No.15673713]

>>15665283
>started on Word
>eventually found Scrivener
>super enamoured with its planning features.
>Eventually realized I do my planning on paper anyways
>Fancy organization and labeling features make it easy to do tons of work without actually accomplishing anything
>Scrivener's UI is just visually unappealing (too used to Windows 10 aesthetic, I guess)
>Switched back to Word

Since word introduced its focus mode, there's not anything else I need from my word processor that I don't just do on paper.

[Anonymous No.15673732]

I just use a notepad app but I'm a poetry chad :)

[Anonymous No.15673742]

>>15673732
Let us be the judge of that.

[Anonymous No.15673778]

>>15673742
I'll shill my first book here soon enough

[Anonymous No.15673804]

>>15673778
Can't wait. Best of luck, anon. :)

[Anonymous No.15673831]

>>15673804
Thanks fren

[Anonymous No.15674545]

>>15673628
Godspeed, Anon.

[Anonymous No.15675180]

>>15670014
Hey that's cool, didn't imagine I'd find a fellow Greek here, though why not, I suppose. I can see markup is a whole thing, I'll give it a try along with other things people have suggested, though I'm beginning to see perhaps I am too used to Word and switching programs is harder than I originally thought. Thanks for the help fellow greekbro

[Anonymous No.15675200]

>>15669632
Dude, I just legit sold a fucking house. You bet your ass I'm getting the spec'd out i7 version with the fucking needlessly more expensive platinum god damn keyboard cover

t. until-very-recently poor retard

[Anonymous No.15675513]

>>15675180
Switching from WYSIWYG to plaintext is weird, but unless you heavily rely on visual formatting, I'm sure you'll come to appreciate Markdown's brutal minimalism.
Plaintext formats in general have the advantage of being small, and working literally anywhere, so you don't have to worry about programs being compatible with proprietary formats.
I'm writing a report in LaTeX, it takes a while to get used to, and I always spot mistakes only after I've compiled the text to PDF, but otherwise, it's quite comfy. There's a certain comfort of mind to know that I can "understand" the file, there's no black magic happening behind some opaque binary format, but you can see every command that you're issuing.
There's also the fact that plaintext works better with version control software, but now that's some higher level autism.

[Anonymous No.15675652]

>>15665825
>>15669489
Same as these anons. Emacs is fun to use and Org Mode is god tier. Its like a never ending rabbit hole of features.

[Anonymous No.15675682]

>>15670147
big tiddies

[Anonymous No.15675687]

>>15675200
t. very-soon-to-be poor again retard

[Anonymous No.15676090]

Use vscode or atom.

[Anonymous No.15676312]

>>15665283
pencil and notebook, then I transcribe to google docs.

[Anonymous No.15676421]

>>15665283
LibreOffice because I'm a poorfag

[Anonymous No.15676430]

>>15665283
Kate, because I am not autistic.