Full revision history and command line goodness. Public writing is in a public repo on GitHub and I have a private repo there too for personal/work-in-progress type stuff.
I initially used AsciiDoc markdown, but now I use Github flavoured markdown (GFM) in Emacs.
Now I write pretty much everything in Emacs. I found I loved writing in Markdown! I then upgraded to Ulysses III when that came out and never looked back. Granted this would have been nearly ten years ago now I think. I found myself fighting with it far more than I would have liked - especially around generated output. I was initially a fully paid-up Scrivener user, but just couldn't get on with it. To take it to a crazy level of awesomeness consider storing your files in git, or at least dropbox, to have a history of revisions. Writing the actual draft though is much more convenient in emacs + fountain/markdown + org/imenu. I recommend using separate branches for worldbuilding, characters, notes, and plot outline, summarize the high level ideas quickly, and expand on them by adding more levels. The idea of organizing a script/novel as a tree structure rather than a flat outline allows you to "zoom into" as many levels as you want, and conveniently focus on any part of your work.
Outlining and organizing projects as a tree structure is insanely powerful and convenient. In combination with org-mode it is the most powerful writing/outlining tool you can imagine.Īlso, if you haven't tried them, I highly recommend checking out WorkFlowy, Gingko, or Nulis For screenwriting I highly recommend checking out emacs fountain mode (plus imenu-list and Olivetti minor modes).
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