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Tools
Apologies if this exists inside the community already - I did a quick glance over but didn't see it covered.
What tools do people use to help write / organize? I'm an app / tool junkie so I'm always looking for something new (or new to me) to help organize my writing. Novlr looks cool, but is a bit feature light and pricey. I got Scrivener on a MakeUsOf deal which is really good, but the UI kinda blows overall.
What do other people use? What apps (or suites of apps) or meatspace techniques do you use to keep everything organized?




I have Scrivener, but I mostly use it for writing and not for organization. For my brain, I've found that OneNote works best for me and organization. I set up a Writing notebook and added tabs for things like story ideas, characters, resources, etc. Each tab has pages that I can use to go into detail.
https://draftin.com for workflow with other writers/editors. It uses git for revisioning and allows you to accept each change individually.
https://prowritingaid.com I should be using...but don't :(
http://hiveword.com/ is a nice world building index tool. the downside is you'll spend all your time in this, and not writing.
https://typewrite.io/ nice markup editor
https://workflowy.com/ is a fun workflow tool. mind map tool would probably be better
http://writtenkitten.co/ if you like cats, this one would probably come in handy
https://apollopad.com/ is like scrivener
http://writingstreak.io/ keeps you writing with prompts and such. fun site
I have a lot more, as we cover these in our podcast. Need to curate a master list :)
Here's a list of applications that I use with links:
1). MyInfo A Bulgarian notebook application, This is my personal favorite for outlining and clipping Internet items. It comes in personal and professional versions:
http://www.milenix.com
2). I use StoryWeaver and Dramatica from Storymind for outlining story ideas. Storymind is a business owned by Melanie Anne Philips. She is great!!!
http://storymind.com
3). yWriter is the word processing software that I use for the "writing" part of writing. Many people complain about it being redundant, but I see it as using a system that I like to call "progressive outlining." My take is that it makes a large, unwieldy project, and breaks it into smaller doable portions:
http://www.spacejock.com
I got Scrivener long ago, but finally stopped using it. It's easier to just use Word and keep each mss. in a folder w/any notes. I keep all my mss. on SpiderOak, so I'll never lose them. They have an app for that, too.
I use Scrivener and Scapple on my Mac and Google Keep on my phone.
I spend a LOT of my day driving the commute to/from work, so I dictate a lot of notes into my phone (via voice commands), but I've found that to be quite frustrating. So if anyone has any suggestions in that area, let me know!
I really just use my notebook, to be honest. I'll keep my outline on my Apple Pages document that I'm writing in.
And then for links I'm collecting, I just collect a folder of bookmarks.