It's all in the software!

[Amontillado]

I used Trilium Notes for over a year as my second brain. After setting it up similar to scrivener it puked on itself and I lost way too much work. Even it's backups were corrupted. From that point on, I have reverted to the tried and true LibreOffice.

I played with LogSeq for a while, and there were things I liked, but I just didn't stick with it.

I hear you. I often outline in Mellel, my word processor of choice. The Outline pane, like what Word calls the Navigator (I think), is my topic list.

My top level heading (auto-title, in Mellel-speak) inserts a leading page break, so each top level heading starts with a blank page.

I just love blank pages. They are to me what fireplugs are to dogs.

 

[Trish]

Just a heads up for anyone who uses Scrivener - did you know you can buy (very cheaply) themes for it on Etsy (probably other places as well)? I hated all of the pre-existing themes on it and had to just adjust tones on light mode with my laptop settings to be able to use it as much as I do (dark mode gives me migraines). Yesterday morning I bought some themes and loaded them, and it doesn't hurt my eyes anymore. At all. I am overjoyed. I had no eye strain at the end of the day yesterday for the first time ever.

 

[Amontillado]

Just a heads up for anyone who uses Scrivener - did you know you can buy (very cheaply) themes for it on Etsy (probably other places as well)? I hated all of the pre-existing themes on it and had to just adjust tones on light mode with my laptop settings to be able to use it as much as I do (dark mode gives me migraines). Yesterday morning I bought some themes and loaded them, and it doesn't hurt my eyes anymore. At all. I am overjoyed. I had no eye strain at the end of the day yesterday for the first time ever.

Nice! One of my favorite YouTube channels, 58Keys, is run by a British writer, William Gallagher. This month is Scrivener month.

He is very Mac-centric, but the uses and workflows for writing tools apply universally. There's also nothing at all wrong with dry, self-deprecating gentle British humor. Sorry, forgot the spirit of the moment, humour.

You'll find Scrivener highly regarded in his videos. The 58Keys channel can be found at 58keys William Gallagher.