![]() Ultimately you’re occupied, even happy, but someone is pushing you from A to B. Most of them I’ve concluded are like having a baby rattle on a pram. Warning: This post is about writing not gaming, so you might want to bail here.Īt this point in my geek-evolution, I have managed to use just about every widget and tool around. When you’re done - compile your masterpiece for Word, PDF, ePub, Kindle, iBooks and even share it via Amazon. You can also use MindNode too, but I’ve moved to Scapple because I just find it faster to use. It lets you think in organised pictures - move pieces around, and then drag that drawing into Scrivener as the basis of a document. Then there is the other tool Literature and Latte make – Scapple. I don’t have the inclination to explain it all here - suffice to say, if you like to work in pieces and figure out how the pieces come together, you’ll like it. ![]() Scrivener2 is a great non-linear writing tool. I was probably in my mid-20s before I was forced to use Word. I grew up to study illustration and typography. I liked books and writing too, but liked comic books and was obsessive over the fluidity of handwriting and the formation of letters into words. A sure sign of a vague, wandering mind - the smart kids read books and the diligent kids studied grammar. Comics were not academic when I was a kid. They processed it, imagined what was going on and what wasn’t - and most of them wrote and drew their own comics. ![]() What was going on between the frames was just as important as visual text. The kids who loved to ‘read’ comics didn’t finish them in moments, but pondered them for weeks. The easiest way I know to explain it is to cast your mind back to childhood (tempted to sing “up and around the bend). Many people, especially creative people are all about being difference engines. Hands up who wanted to work in a typing pool when they were young, and who wanted to be in Hanoi Rocks until Razzle died. Word almost certainly means ‘critique’ and ‘literal interpretation’. Ideas were never meant to be put into Word, they are to be drawn, torn up, scribbed on, re-arranged and debated. I often wonder if people become habitual Word users eventually, more interested in the oxford comma than a new idea. I have no doubt that those who love to write in linear forms, obsess over grammar and follow templates love using Word, but for millions of the rest of us, it doesn’t inspire and Banksy seems to get by without it. Writing in Word sucks for anyone using imagination towards creative expression.
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