![]() Instead of doing everything in a word processor (which is both for writing and formatting), I tried to use different programs for different parts of the writing process. This way of doing things worked well for me, but I found that doing it in a word processor was usually quite slow.Īnother problem I had with word processors is that I could never get documents to look truly professional. These documents included location descriptions, character sheets, story notes and the story file itself. My solution had been to create a ‘master document’ that listed the names of other documents in the project. I don’t feel that Word Processors are set up for planning out stories. LibreOffice was my preferred word processor, but I found that none of them satisfied my writing needs. I have used word processors in the past to do writing. ![]() Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s talk about why I don’t want to use it. In no way am I denigrating Microsoft Word. I have friends that have written entire books and PhD theses in Word. Let’s start with the second question first, “Why don’t you just use Word?” Whenever I tell people this, I usually get asked one of two questions: “What’s Emacs?” or “Why don’t you just use Word?” We shall endeavour to answer both these questions but do keep in mind that these are my personal opinions and that I’m not an Emacs expert. Today we are going to look at Emacs, the software in which I do my writing. I hope that it might prove useful to other budding writers (and be vaguely interesting to everyone else). There will also be some bits on motivation and inspiration. The plan is to talk through some software and hardware that I use for writing. At least, that’s what I’m led to believe by the overwhelming number of requests (there were three) I’ve had to write this series of articles. Are you ready to learn about the overly complicated system I use for my writing? I’m not sure that I would be, but apparently a few of you are desperate to find out.
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