mammonmachine

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I wrote and directed WE KNOW THE DEVIL and HEAVEN WILL BE MINE. I also wrote for NEON WHITE and I currently work at game company doing game things.


mammonmachine
@mammonmachine

There are 100000 million apps for note taking and organization, but I find them pretty annoying for long-form writing which is the other half of what I do. Writing a proposal in Notion is fine; writing a script is unbearable. I was a HUGE scrivener believer and used it instrumentally in several projects, but the more directly I work in-engine the less useful it becomes.

For that reason, I've basically just been writing scripts in text editors (visual studio code, sublime text) which are fairly necessary due to the markup required but not like, the most pleasant experience. The other alternative, of course, is writing directly in google sheets, which is hell itself and while an industry-wide practice, is hell on earth.

Anyone have any recommendations for a text editor they feel like they can write prose in, or I guess, a writing app that lets you write in Ink, Yarn, or whatever custom markup you're using? Or do you just live in hell? I'd love to know that too.


mammonmachine
@mammonmachine

Just to increase the stakes, I'd like you all to know I'm seriously considering just putting all of my free writing in a github directory and just composing in sublime text. Yes, this is a cry for help.


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in reply to @mammonmachine's post:

unfortunately it was pure vs code for gitcl. but I dream of taking half a year off to just actually make a god damned real editor that fulfills this criteria because I don't know anything better and I KNOW it would save time in the long run

in reply to @mammonmachine's post:

This almost precisely mirrors my journey, too. Sublime is just good enough that I don't feel enough friction to move to anything else. What's the state of Yarn editors nowadays? When I was working on the language we had a couple extant ones but it's been years since then.

Obsidian's good. I was skeptical when I started using it but its my go to now. it also has really good syncing between desktop and mobile that's handy if the bug strikes while you're out and about