Preferred Creative Writing Applications (lemm.ee)

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Hello everyone,

I wanted to ask if anyone has a preferred software for the purpose of creative writing.

Libre Office Writer is great of course, but just as software like LogSeq or Obsidian exist for the note taking process, I was wondering if there is anything that is specifically geared toward the creative writing process.

I know that there are federated blog platforms which focus on this in their presentation, but was curious about applications specifically.

FOSS is definitely preferable.

Thanks!

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I just started a novel project a few weeks ago and have been using scrivener because it's just what I saw recommended the most. But now I've switched to linux and have been looking for FOSS linux-native alternatives so this is perfectly timed. I tried anytype briefly but it feels like it's designed for programmers. By which I mean it's extremely powerful and flexible, but just doing simple shit like creating a bunch of pages in a tree structure requires an hour of hunting and watching tutorial videos.

I like the look of novelwriter that someone else linked, gonna give that a shot.

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