Funny your reference to Pages. I use Scrivener for "most" of my writing but I still use Pages for a lot of things as well. It's very underrated. I have tried, but I don't really need an involved calendar app. So the apple calender does what I need. It can hold files, reminders etc - so is adequate and available on all devices. Thanks for sharing.
I’m infinitely fascinated by people’s writing and organisational processes. With fewer commitments, I pared back my system and apps. I use two: Word for paid work and Scrivener for fiction. And having used (and enjoyed) a gamut of apps for about a decade, I’m now happily settled in a paper planner.
@DianeShugart I am green with envy. I was trying out the iPad’s new feature where it tidied up your handwriting and the screen just said “there are limits, you know.”
Thank you. I question this business of our not being in the same league -- but applaud the point about loving it. I know it's my job, but writing is who I am and while I don't believe in luck, I do think I'm fortunate to have managed to make it possible to do this all the time.
Me too! I was agog at that because of course normally I drive facing forward. So to see all these familiar places from a different angle, I kept wanting that driver fella to shut up and get out of my way.
This was interesting video, thank you. When you were about to click on the app that you use to write outlines, for a second there I thought it would be Drafts. And when it was Omni, I was like: "Well, yeah, it makes sense." I am currently moving from Evernote to Craft, and it would be tromendous to see how you use and organize Craft. Keep doing amazing videos!
You have a lot of writing apps. On my older iPad, I have pages, office suite, (an older pay once version) just for the word program, an app called writing app, Drafts, (I think a different one than yours, it’s no longer supported), and storyist (that doesn’t work well now because there’s a newer version out). Is it possible that we’re word processor hoarders?
Absolutely. The Steam Deck button starts a Shortcut that asks me a series of questions. It then first pops my answers into a spreadsheet with today's date and a gap for the word count. But then a slightly more involved Shortcut runs my Job Book: it looks up what the number of my last piece of work was, adds 1 to it, then saves that number and the job details to a second spreadsheet. So the spreadsheet is in Numbers, the questions and the filling out of the sheet are done with Shortcuts. The job number is held in an app called Data Jar.
Funny your reference to Pages. I use Scrivener for "most" of my writing but I still use Pages for a lot of things as well. It's very underrated. I have tried, but I don't really need an involved calendar app. So the apple calender does what I need. It can hold files, reminders etc - so is adequate and available on all devices. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. Apple Calendar is superb. There's just the odd little thing that Fantastical does so well which help me, I'm locked into it now.
I’m infinitely fascinated by people’s writing and organisational processes. With fewer commitments, I pared back my system and apps. I use two: Word for paid work and Scrivener for fiction. And having used (and enjoyed) a gamut of apps for about a decade, I’m now happily settled in a paper planner.
I was enjoying that all the way up to the end. Paper? PAPER? This does at least tell me that you have better handwriting than I do.
@@WilliamGallagher :D Yes, paper. I'm a hopeless romantic.
@@DianeShugart For "hopeless romantic", read "romantic with enviably good handwriting."
Nothing like what you see on social media but legible (usually).
@DianeShugart I am green with envy. I was trying out the iPad’s new feature where it tidied up your handwriting and the screen just said “there are limits, you know.”
I'm no where near your league of writing but do so because I love it. All I use is Scrivener. Good luck in all you do. Love your channel and your wit.
Thank you. I question this business of our not being in the same league -- but applaud the point about loving it. I know it's my job, but writing is who I am and while I don't believe in luck, I do think I'm fortunate to have managed to make it possible to do this all the time.
It was an interesting watch. I confess to being a little distracted by the views out of the window of places I remember.
Me too! I was agog at that because of course normally I drive facing forward. So to see all these familiar places from a different angle, I kept wanting that driver fella to shut up and get out of my way.
This was interesting video, thank you. When you were about to click on the app that you use to write outlines, for a second there I thought it would be Drafts. And when it was Omni, I was like: "Well, yeah, it makes sense." I am currently moving from Evernote to Craft, and it would be tromendous to see how you use and organize Craft. Keep doing amazing videos!
Thank you. I can't say I use Craft, really: I'm bouncing between it, Notion and Obsidian and only bouncing quite gently at the moment.
@@WilliamGallagher I use both Notion and Obsidian in other ways, so those would be useful as well!
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You have a lot of writing apps. On my older iPad, I have pages, office suite, (an older pay once version) just for the word program, an app called writing app, Drafts, (I think a different one than yours, it’s no longer supported), and storyist (that doesn’t work well now because there’s a newer version out). Is it possible that we’re word processor hoarders?
You might think so, but I couldn't possibly comment. Cough.
Can you talk more about your logging system?
Absolutely. The Steam Deck button starts a Shortcut that asks me a series of questions. It then first pops my answers into a spreadsheet with today's date and a gap for the word count. But then a slightly more involved Shortcut runs my Job Book: it looks up what the number of my last piece of work was, adds 1 to it, then saves that number and the job details to a second spreadsheet. So the spreadsheet is in Numbers, the questions and the filling out of the sheet are done with Shortcuts. The job number is held in an app called Data Jar.