Hi
So I currently have an iPad and an old, slow laptop.
I’m going to get Scrivener so want to hold off getting that until I set firm my choice of tech.
I was planning on persuading DH to buy us a Mac Book but DD has one and says it’s a whole new way of doing stuff that you have to relearn - not just like the iPad. Is she being OTT and is it easier than she’s making out? Is there something similar and intuitive to use (and hopefully cheaper)?
My other huge issue is this….
When I type, I hate having to reach forward over the top of a large area before I get to the keyboard. Yet all laptops I’ve seen have that front area before the keyboard. It’s just not very comfy for me.
I do have a wireless keyboard DH got me that I tried out but whilst I like proper keys instead of flat, iPad style ‘keys’, I don’t want anything like my current one which is more akin to my old Commodore 64 keys.
Someone suggested an iPad on a stand above with a keyboard below but not sure I really want to use my ipad for novel writing. I don’t love it for the file system and it just doesn’t feel right for writing books.
Any suggestions of something that fulfils my criteria?
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Verbena17 · 17/01/2024 21:44
MasterBeth · 20/01/2024 23:05
Writing is all about bum in chair.
You don’t need specialist writing software or any fancy hardware.
Word is fine. Pen and paper is fine.
Worry about the writing, not the typing.
Verbena17 · 24/01/2024 17:22
Thanks @Pavane .
Can I ask you - when you’re novel writing in Word, how do you like to write/save your chapters/work?
Do you write continuously as one long document or split into chapters and file each separately as one chapter at a time or split into scenes per chapter etc?
DocOck · 26/01/2024 11:12
There is literally nothing complicated with a MacBook. You don't have to learn anything!
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