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The 7 writing apps I used to start and finish my book

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The Verge's John Sutter writes novels and has a new book out this week .

He says he's found that he produces his best work when he's constantly rethinking routines, processes, and how he's writing.

Sutter uses Bear for structured ideas like character sketches or thematic concepts.

For entirely loose thoughts, he usually paste things into Notes and don't worry about formatting.

First draft is the hardest part, so anything you can do to ease that process is worth it.

I drafted almost entirely on an iPad — not any of the high-end models, but Apple ’s entry-level one with the crummy keyboard attachment.

Google Docs is where I finish and begin to revise a book, and revising isn’t as hard as finishing a first draft.

Scrivener is the only outlier here, since it suffers from feature bloat, but you can really make it work for you if you put in the elbow grease.

Craft 3 is the ideal tool to manage all of my pre-publication commitments, which involve writing marketing copy and scheduling interviews.

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