When I write I have about three other programs going as well as my writing software (Scrivener.) These three programs are Mail, Calendar, and Safari. This triumvirate of software seem to be open from the moment I start the day to the moment I officially call it day for business. They are distractions, but necessary ones. After the break, How Storymill, and Scrivener help you with these distractions
Both Storymill and Scrivener have something called full screen editors. This is different from the window-based editors that they provide. The invokes these full screen editors you usually have to click a button on the toolbar called full screen.
The Scrivener full screen editor looks like a black background with a white sheet of paper. Storymill’s default full screen editor is reminiscent of WordPerfect 5′s DOS based screen, blue background with white text.
Both of these writing tools are easy to get into and out of full screen mode, and the reasons for the existence of full screen editors is apt. When there is too much on the screen, I find that my eye wanders. Blank out the distractions and the words seem to flow.
Of the two full screen modes I find that I prefer the Scrivener. I like the motif of a single sheet of paper. Storymill’s use of a WordPerfect screen is good. Yet, I like the color of a page and the black background.
You can change both of these full screen editors to choose your own colors and even fonts for some of them, so I could probably make StoryMill work for me, but the other things that are getting in the way with Storymill makes it unlikely that I will take the time I need with the product.
If you’re a writer, what tool do you use to write with? Do you use a wordprocessor, or the text editor that come with your OS? Share with us in the comments below.
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