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Saigonnus

Saigonnus

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Tom Nimenai said:
Ughhhhhhh. I really wish OneNote would work properly for once. Because a huge chunk of my day is spent on the go/without computer access, I write the majority of my plot notes and worldbuilding stuff on my phone.

Well, OneNote just decided to screw me over and disable editing on my main worldbuilding file. Great. It's done this before, but this time it's also quitting the app without syncing to OneDrive. So when I open the app back up, there are huge gaps in my notes where it didn't save before quitting. I can transfer the notes in that file to the main project folder on my laptop and resume notewriting with a new file, but I kind of depend on having the notes there for reference.
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I use ABCNotes for that. Kind of like post-it's for phones or tablets. The free version is basic, but you can resize the notes as you want, change color/font or even put marks on them to show importance.

If just text, Werdsmith could work too, so you can send the work to yourself via email... or maybe onedrive, haven't tried that yet.



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Nimue

Nimue

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I feel your pain, Tom. I haven't had any problems so far with the Google docs app-- docs can be stored offline, and I actually like the setup and appearance for writing, but it doesn't have a notey setup or tabs or anything. I also use the notes app on my phone sometimes for quicker load, but for the most part my note-taking is stream of consciousness paragraphs followed by paragraphs anyway. I just scroll through
 
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Tom

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I think the problem is that I'm very longwinded when writing worldbuilding meta, and when a file gets to a certain wordcount the app is just like "...Nope." My best bet is to transfer the notes I have, delete the file, and start over. Other than that problem, OneNote is a pretty good app. It's clean, simple, and really easy to use. I've gotten so used to writing on my phone that typing with a computer keyboard feels slow now. ;)
 
Nimue

Nimue

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I think I had a 90k doc on google docs, and while it does take a while to load to the end, it never froze up on me or failed to load. I might try the OneNote app, though--I used it pretty often on my computer, and only recently began to switch to Docs for the online sync with my phone. I do like how OneNote can be organized.
 
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Nimue

Nimue

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Ahahahahaha.

If I could ask for just one thing from the universe, it would be the ability to stay focused on something for longer than a couple months... I'm completely hopeless.

Howwww are yours?
 
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Tom

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Oh man, I know how that feels. It's hard to stay focused on one thing for very long when I have so many other ideas pulling at my brain.

I'm taking a break from Southerner at the moment, and I'm mainly working on worldbuilding notes and attempting to give my messy, convoluted plot a facelift. I'm also writing a couple of short stories from the POV of various characters--kind of a project-within-a-project that's focused on discovering who they are as people and how they interact with the cultures and situations I've set them in. If I manage to finish enough of them I'm thinking of putting them in an anthology called Tales of Issadai.
 
Nimue

Nimue

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That sounds like it could be cool, and doubtlessly it'll help the story. There are just times when you need to take a step back and look at the whole thing instead of plowing ahead into a tangle.

Yeah, I've mainly been reimagining a couple old worlds and working on tiny sideways things, although not in nearly so organized or determined a fashion, I think. I did finish a challenge short story, but it wasn't related to anything else I'm trying to get progress on.
 
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Tom

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Reimagining is always a good way to find a new project. It's fun to look back on stuff that maybe didn't work right the first time and ask yourself what could have been done better, or what ideas you'd incorporate now that you didn't think to back then, etc. I have quite a few projects that came from trying to reimagine old ones. Frostbite, for instance. The original version is very old and very, very bad.
 
Incanus

Incanus

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Regarding sticking to a project:

I think I may have a quirk or two about me that may end up working in my favor here.

For one thing, I seem to be unlike a lot of writers when it comes to having ideas for stories. I have to really, really like an idea to commit to working with it, and I only rarely come up with ideas that I like that much. That means I’m not often tempted by competing projects. For instance, I started my novel just over a year ago (first draft complete, doing revisions now!)—it was 9/11/15. I’ve only taken one break from it so far, to work on something extremely different for two-three weeks. I may need a few more breaks, and I’ll take them, but I’m DETERMINED to finish.

Another thing is that I enjoy editing. I like having material to work with, to reshape and polish, to find new connections. I love playing with words at least as much as playing with ideas.

I don’t know—are these good things? Probably like most things, an admixture of good with bad.
 
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Chessie

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My husband spotted a wolverine up the road yesterday. A rare treat. They say an outdoorsman can go his entire life without ever seeing one. So this means the cats are on lockdown for a few days...at least until wolverine passes through our side of the valley. They're driving us all insane. Meow this. Meow that. Tag team meow on everyone's lap. Fighting with each other. Sigh. They just want to be let OUT.

Not gonna happen, kitties. And now we're packing our family for a day out so we don't have to be subjected to their torurous crying. Lol.
 
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Banten

Banten

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Chesterama said:
My husband spotted a wolverine up the road yesterday.
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Watch out Chesterama, Magneto might be in the neighbourhood.


Bad jokes aside, this is the kind of stuff that makes me happy I don't have a cat yet. Sure they're adorable and sure they're cuddly, and sure they have cute little paws, and... wait what was I saying again?
 
Tom

Tom

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I can't wait for the leaves to turn this fall. We had an extremely hot, dry summer here so the colors will probably be the most spectacular and vivid we've seen in years. Lots of sunlight means lots of red and orange!
 
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Chessie

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Actually....so we spotted the wolverine shortly after pulling out of our driveway. I've lived in Alaska all my life and I've never...ever...thought I'd see one of them! He was massive, gorgeous, and gnarly looking. Wow. Just...holy cow.

So this year I've seen 2 rare animals near/in our yard: a lynx and a wolverine. Damn.
 
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