A word processing software for wannabe novelists
Microsoft Word may be the 800-pound gorilla of word processors, but that doesn't necessarily make it the best. It’s slow, bloated, and expensive and lacks many modern features like autosave, document versioning, and access to iCloud. Plus, if you’re doing any kind of long-form writing with multiple chapters, it doesn’t have any organization system – so good luck keeping all your stories straight while you’re writing the great American novel.
If you're looking to upgrade to a more user-friendly word processor, the Nisus Writer Pro might be a good place to start. Nisus is super customizable so you can strip away all the features you don’t need and write with fewer distractions. It also has a document manager so you can have multiple documents within one file instead of having one giant file or a million tiny files.
Nisus works seamlessly with iCloud and automatically saves your work so you don’t have to keep hitting Command-S every five seconds. It also has document versioning so you can see what your document looked like at various points in time and revert to an earlier version if necessary. And since Nisus natively saves everything in RTF, your files can be opened on virtually any computer.
Nisus Writer Pro normally costs $79, but you can get it now for half off at just $39.
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