Introduction - fuchsian

[ravengown]

Hey all, I'm rikym! I was also around for most of last year, although I bought a name change token.

I'm mostly a fanfiction writer— I write a lot for Kuroko no Basuke, but recently I've gotten really into Teen Wolf as well. I always have a lot

In terms of writing, my main goals for this year is to write more essays, poetry, and original fiction, and I want to work more on writing longer things. I also really want to improve my editing— and I really need to make an effort to get better about seeking out beta readers. I also really want to improve my planning because I think I get kind of trapped once I have an initial draft and I don't know always know how to get from the initial draft to something postable.

Also, I think my first order of business is going to be finding a better piece of writing software. I've been thinking about just ponying up for Scrivener, but I'm wondering if any of you guys know of something else that might be helpful? Thanks!

I'm really excited for another year of ODBP!

Comments

[silverr]

*waves* So what are you looking for in your writing software?

(You've probably noticed that I'm a huge fan of Scrivener, but I don't think it's a panacea. If they still have the 30-day free trial that's good way to see if it's a fit for how you work or not.

Also, fwiw I use Scriv mostly for capturing random thoughts and planning; I do all my first drafts in GoogleDocs.)

[ravengown]

Haha yeah— the main reason I want to find a desktop tool is to make it easier to write without an internet connection... I like GDocs a fair bit but I'm always worried that something weird is gonna happen— and also it's pretty poor for planning ahaha xD.

[leidmotief]

Hi!

I'm an Evernote fangirl. Not really for writing, but it's quite useful for collecting all the kind of resources I'll need to base my stories on. I'm still evaluating whether I should keep writing longer stories on Word, whether I should go ahead and use Evernote, even if it's limited as a word processor, or whether I should use Google Docs. I don't know what would be easier when it comes to access and backups.

[ravengown]

Yyyyeah I'm not huge on Evernote mostly because it's a poor word processor! And I don't actually tend to record stuff on the go on a mobile device so I think most of the syncing would be lost...

[wordstitch]

Heya! I'm looking at Scrivener too, though I might try the trial out for a month first to see if it actually helps me. Right now I'm using Evernote to keep all my writing sort of organized. Have you ever heard of it? It's a free note-taking program, but it can be so much more, since it allows you to tag everything and then build searches based on those tags, kind if like how gmail words. You can take audio notes, snap pictures, and attach things to it as well, and if your handwriting is neat enough it will automatically OCR even that so that it's searchable. The great thing is that there are mobile apps for the program as well as the more robust desktop version, so you can use it on the go. Let me know if you're interested and I can scrounge up links for how writers use it.

[ravengown]

Ohhh the tagging sounds sort of interesting but I don't know if I could actually organize my writing like that? Maybe I'll fiddle around with it again though— I used it briefly a while back on phone only.