Comments on: Best Book Writing Software 2024 [Writing, Editing & Focus]

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:44:58 +0000

In reply to Jesse Koepke. That's awesome to here.

By: Jesse Koepke

Jesse Koepke — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:44:31 +0000

This is a great breakdown of the option! One thing for Google docs: I just finished a first draft with 76k words and it didn’t lag at all for me. When I first loaded the doc it would take a few seconds, but once it was all showing the writing didn’t have any latency. I could see if you had a custom font installed or maybe add-ons, it could slow down. But so far it’s been smooth and stable for me.

By: Claude Whitmyer

Claude Whitmyer — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:49:20 +0000

LibreOffice is a branch of Open Office with a much more active user community for support.
Hemingway teaches better writing. Has a free online version for checking your writing and a downloadable app for actually writing on your device. The app can be used as a replacement for FocusWriter.
And, of course, Grammarly both free and for a fee is a can’t live without.

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:09:48 +0000

In reply to Ryan Stable.

Thanks – it’s been updated over the years so all in all, a long time…haha.

By: Ryan Stable

Ryan Stable — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 04:54:18 +0000

Very thoughtful and detailed round up, How long did this post take you to write? David. Also, not sure if I’m in the minority here but I don’t know what I’d do without Calibre. It’s free software for formatting and converting book files, plus it gives you some nifty liberties with the file’s meta data. Extremely handy when you’re uploading a book to KDP, Draft2Digital, Smashwords, etc. and need to make different types of files on the fly.

Post-script: Not a plug, just a fan 😉

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:45:46 +0000

In reply to Ron Ramirez.

Hey Ron! Well, I’m glad you found that episode. I felt the same way for too long. As for your question, ProWritingAid is a tool that has helped me with spelling and grammar. It’s stronger than regular auto correct, and also analyzes my writing to help me to learn more about my style. As for a writing software, there isn’t one better than any other for dyslexia. It’s really about what are you comfortable with or what appeals to your style. But, I will say, you should definitely check out Atticus.io – It’s the software I’m personally developing that will not only be built specifically for writing books, but will handle formatting like a dream.

By: Ron Ramirez

Ron Ramirez — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:06:35 +0000

Hello David,
I was listening to the, Christian Publishing Show, podcast, which you were the guest and it was amazing I’ve been thinking of writing but I never thought I’d be able to, because I’m am very dyslexic and was told most of my life I didn’t have the brains to do it and, unfortunately I believed it, till I heard you on the podcast that you had struggled with dyslexia. Actually why I sending this is I am so absolutely confused on which writing tool would be best for someone who has never actually put anything in print, I do have “Word Perfect” on my laptop but listing to more and more people I am more and more confused on which would be best. If posable I would greatly appreciate any advice you may have.
Thank you
Ron Ramirez

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:52:19 +0000

In reply to Amy Winters-Voss. Nice. I haven't tried that one.

By: Amy Winters-Voss

Amy Winters-Voss — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:33:05 +0000

I’ve been using World Anvil for my worldbuilding and starting to use the manuscripts tool for books and stories. I love the autosave on manuscripts! Before that I used Scrivener, but I don’t know if I’ll go back.

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:28:16 +0000

In reply to Hash.

No I haven’t. But I’m actually in the process of making my own book writing software…coming out in March. It’s the combination of Scrivener, Google Docs, and Vellum all in one. We also have a bunch of analytics, and goal tracking inside of it too. It’s called Atticus. http://www.Atticus.pub

By: Hash

Hash — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:58:34 +0000

Awesome content as always, Dave! I moved to Scrivener the day you released that YouTube video on it. It’s a Godsend.

Also, have you ever checked out pacemaker.press? It’s a website for setting and tracking progress for different writing projects. I would be lost without it.

Keep up the awesome work!

By: Dave Chesson

Dave Chesson — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 19:07:40 +0000

In reply to Winfred. Yes, Hemingway is definitely a minimalist style writer. I like it for blogging, but not writing a book. As for Scrivener, it's the bettor of the options but it requires a lot of learning. There is something coming out in February called Atticus that I'm absolutely in love with. But that's a while from now :(