Comments on: The way freelance writers never were http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/04/10/the-way-freelance-writers-never-were/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: convulso http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/04/10/the-way-freelance-writers-never-were/#comment-32632 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:35:33 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/04/10/the-way-freelance-writers-never-were/#comment-32632 i have been using WriteRoom for mac for about a month. i love it. there is, at least for me, the inevitable c/p into a bona fide word processor as i complete a piece, but i now have the luxury of treating MS Word like a post-production tool instead of an indispensable multi-function swiss army-thingy. if you enjoy a big black screen with retro-green words dominating your document like it was the DOS era, this is your program. i wouldn't necessarily recommend this software for lovers of the tactile satisfaction offered by typewriters. my wife loves her half-century-old Royal typewriter, but does not get from WriteRoom quite the same encouragement to romanticize her little creative process. she loves her coffee, click-clack and ribbon. just an example - ymmv. i have been using WriteRoom for mac for about a month. i love it. there is, at least for me, the inevitable c/p into a bona fide word processor as i complete a piece, but i now have the luxury of treating MS Word like a post-production tool instead of an indispensable multi-function swiss army-thingy. if you enjoy a big black screen with retro-green words dominating your document like it was the DOS era, this is your program.

i wouldn’t necessarily recommend this software for lovers of the tactile satisfaction offered by typewriters. my wife loves her half-century-old Royal typewriter, but does not get from WriteRoom quite the same encouragement to romanticize her little creative process. she loves her coffee, click-clack and ribbon. just an example - ymmv.

]]> by: jon http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/04/10/the-way-freelance-writers-never-were/#comment-31999 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:54:07 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2008/04/10/the-way-freelance-writers-never-were/#comment-31999 I really like Scrivener for projects like novels, articles and translations. You can collect all your material and then work with multiple views or even an old school full screen a bit like Hogbay's app. Personally, I think if you're going to make it as a freelance wordsmith you have to juggle and promote all your skills. And no matter what anyone says, you work very hard for every single cent. I really like Scrivener for projects like novels, articles and translations. You can collect all your material and then work with multiple views or even an old school full screen a bit like Hogbay’s app.

Personally, I think if you’re going to make it as a freelance wordsmith you have to juggle and promote all your skills. And no matter what anyone says, you work very hard for every single cent.

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