/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.2508424]

Hi.

Can anybody recommend a good free program to write a book with?

I want to write a book.

[Anonymous No.2508432]

notepad.exe

Anybody who needs a special program to write something has nothing interesting to say. You should be able to write with pen and paper. It's about the words, not how you put them on the page

[Ayahuasca No.2508445]

I've always liked using pencil and paper as it gets me away from the computer and when I transfer it to a word processor I tend to pick up any spelling/ grammatical errors and I begin editing as I write the story up.

[Anonymous No.2508447]

>>2508432
While I appreciate that, I still would like to write in the most efficient way possible.

A program that allows me to get my thoughts onto paper (or the screen) would be preferable.

I'll write in notepad if there's nothing that comes to mind though.

[Anonymous No.2508460]

>>2508445
My handwriting is, shall we say, doctor-ish.

[Anonymous No.2508465]

>>2508447
Is this even a real question?

Microsoft word or if you want to save some space, use google docs.

[Anonymous No.2508473]

>>2508465
MS Word costs money download open office, shit's free.

[Anonymous No.2508476]

>>2508465
Word is not free.

Google docs I did not know about, but their terms or service seem fishy, like they might take ownership of anything I write.
I don't think I could contain my paranoia.

[Anonymous No.2508478]

Hm I use a program called WriteMonkey. It is actually pretty good, you should check it out.

If you are more into planning and stuff, you should check out Celtx, but I think that program is a little bit overdoing it.

[Anonymous No.2508481]

>I still would like to write in the most efficient way possible
what the fuck does that even mean? just write

and how can you get more efficient than notepad, it's a little box to type in with a handful of basic options

[Anonymous No.2508487]

ywriter

[Anonymous No.2508495]

>>2508476
Fair enough, if you are paranoid you should install linux and use a free program like geddit.

Or you should download a free alternative like Open Office/Libreoffice if you're on windows.

[Anonymous No.2508496]

notepad

[Anonymous No.2508500]

>>2508473
>>2508478

Looks pretty good.

I'll try Open Office out along with the Write Monkey thing and see which I like.

Thanks guys!

[Anonymous No.2508510]

>>2508481
I know what notepad does, and I know what MS Word does, there is a large gap in the functions.

I'm cheap though, so I'm trying to find something in between.
Please try to appreciate that I'm only trying to make this easy on myself.
It's going to be a very long book.

[Anonymous No.2508519]

>>2508500

Ah good to hear. I basically use WriteMonkey for simple writing. Once I finish my 2000 words or a chapter, I post it in OpenOffice and fix grammer errors.

[Anonymous No.2508520]

MS Word works for me, OP.

>>2508445 is crazy, having to retype everything is needless and time-consuming. Better to have it in an easily modified and edited format from the get-go.

[Anonymous No.2508530]

if you're on a mac, Jer's Novel Writer is great.

[Anonymous No.2508532]

LaTeX

[Anonymous No.2508542]

>>2508532
>look up LaTeX

Hey that's not half bad.

I'll try that too.

[Ayahuasca No.2508543]

>>2508520
Ehh, again, transferring the words to a document serves as a first revision, lets me catch the errors that we all know slip by spellcheck now and then, gives me a good sense of whether my narrative flows or needs work. Also I have pretty decent WPM so it really doesn't take that long to do and I'm keeping my mind in the story.

Not saying my method is best by any means, just felt like it's worked pretty well for me in the past.

[Anonymous No.2508551]

>>2508542
anything *TeX should do the job well but it takes time to learn it.

Also do your hands a favor and get a keyboard with cherry blue mechanical key switches, it's worth it for long typing sessions.
/g/ent here

[Anonymous No.2508576]

>>2508551
>>2508551
Well I'll see how it works out.

Holy crap those are expensive.
My laptop has a decent keyboard, I'd assume, it's an Alienware.

[Anonymous No.2508628]

>>2508576
they're great to type on, look into it.