![]() I found a template for Google Docs that more or less replicates the look and feel of iaWriter, a text editor I like on the Mac. I have an advantage here over people who don’t write code, but it is, after all, what I do for a living when I am not writing stories. This is done entirely through automated Google App Scripts that I’ve written. Indeed, for the first time ever I am now able to capture what I write each day in Evernote and actually see what changed from the previous day. I could automate a lot of stuff that I’d done manually. I was hesitant about this at first, but I soon realized that by writing some Google App Scripts, I could highly tailor Google Docs to my own needs. I still use Scrivener, but now I use it for my third, polishing draft, from which I compile the manuscript that will be delivered to my editors.Īfter some floundering around with various simple, text-based editors, I eventually settled back on Google Docs. One sacrifice I made, switching to the Chromebook was to give up my beloved Scrivener for first and second drafts. The screen is much larger and when I am in full-screen mode, I have just what I need to get my writing done. I prefer to setup my writing screen with larger, readable fonts and when I did that on the iPad, there wasn’t much screen real estate left over. One of the reasons I wanted a laptop was because the iPad screen was a little too small for me. Until I got my Chromebook, I had been doing writing away from my home office on my iPad using an external BlueTooth keyboard. (I thought I’d plugged in my Chromebook to charge overnight and I hadn’t.)įinally, the screen. I think the battery life is around 6 hours or so, but I’ve only run the battery down once, and it was an accident on my part. Just about every laptop has them these days, but they are not my first choice in mouse manipulation. Perhaps the one drawback is the “litter box” scratch pad for the mouse. At least, I can type as fast on the Chromebook keyboard as I can on any of the other keyboards that I use (we’re talking at the rate of 75-85 words per minute) and I don’t seem to make any more mistakes. This is great because I can toss it into my messenger bag without fear of leaning to one side when I walk, the way it seems I do when I put my work laptop–a high-end Dell of some kind or other–in said bag. To me it doesn’t feel much heavier than my iPad 2. I wrote up some initial thoughts on my Chromebook, and now I wanted to talk about how the Chromebook works for me as a writing tool–which was, after all, the main reason I got it. With that said, enjoy!Ī few months back I got a Google Chromebook. Feel free to comment, as always, but note that since I am not checking email, I will likely not be replying to comments until I am back from my Vacation on March 31. But keep in mind, these posts have been scheduled ahead of time. I have written one new post for each day of my Vacation so that folks don’t miss me too much while I am gone. I am currently away on an Internet Vacation.
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