写作与思考2019writersdigest.com
最适合写作者的应用程序
Best apps for writers
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这篇文章盘点的是给写作者用的免费手机应用，而 HN 上的讨论很快转向一个更根本的问题：工具越多，干扰越多，写作真正需要的可能只是纸笔或一个纯文本编辑器。对写作者来说，值得读的地方在于，它提醒我们要把注意力花在写本身，而不是不断优化写作环境。
可以直接用的写作要点
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每多一个写作之外的动作（切换应用、排版、调格式），都在悄悄消耗你的写作精力，累积起来很可观。
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选择工具的标准不是功能多，而是能否让你更快进入"只有文字"的状态，纯文本编辑器往往比复杂应用更合适。
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写作习惯可以靠连续打卡这类简单机制建立起来，工具的作用是降低开始写的门槛，而不是替你写。
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结构本身也是写作的一部分：用小标题、段落、强调等语义化结构组织内容，能让思路更清晰。写得再乱，读者也读不下去。
HN 评论精选
写作工具越简单越好，写作之外的额外操作会累积成真实的精力损耗。
我怀疑这些应用里有多少真被用起来。作为写作者，我受不了干扰和额外的输入，因为我知道我真正需要的只是纸笔，或者用电脑时的 Pages / Google Docs。我也一直没能适应 WordPress 新推出的 Gutenberg 编辑器，我觉得 Matt 不肯给编辑器加个简单的"写作模式"，显得很不成熟。人们觉得这些小事无所谓，但其实很有所谓——那些写作之外要多做的小动作，是会累积起来的。
skilled查看英文原文
I wonder how many of these see actual real use. As a writer, I can't stand distractions or additional input when I know that all I really need is pen and paper, or Pages / Google Docs if talking computers. I am also struggling to get over the Gutenberg editor that WordPress introduced. I feel like Matt is being an immature brat for not introducing a simple 'writers mode' for the editor. People think it doesn't matter, but it does. Those little actions you have to perform outside of writing start to add up.
可扩展的纯文本编辑器能满足写作者的一切需求，界面问题可以用主题解决。
Emacs 对任何跟文本打交道的人（包括写作者）来说都是最好的"应用"。如果它默认的界面让你望而却步，可以看看 Poet 这类扩展主题（Emacs 本来就是为扩展而设计的）。
_emacsomancer_查看英文原文
Emacs is seriously the best 'app' for anyone working with text, including writers. And if its (default) looks put you off, have a look at extensions (and Emacs is designed to be extended) like the Poet theme: https://github.com/kunalb/poet
把语义化 HTML 当作写作的标点与结构，兼顾版本控制和后期修改的灵活性。
认真的建议：用语义化的 HTML5 标签，配一个好用的 IDE。你可能觉得好笑，但我是认真的。语言一直在演进，有文字记录以来就一直在演进。HTML5 提供了 section、article、aside 这些额外的标记，还有其他语义元素——em 和 i 不一样，em 表示强调，而不只是把字变成斜体。把元素当成标点：是的，这意味着你要在句子外面套 p 标签。IDE 会自动补全标签，对拼写错误很宽容，而且它不懂语法。你完全可以用 HTML 排版一整本书，想把某段注释掉就注释掉，还能用版本控制对比改动。媒介还带来别的创作可能：我这本书开头写"2019 年我们应该……"，可能到 2021 年才写完，我可以直接把这年份写进代码里，保证它是对的。只要你对 HTML5 够熟、知道标签词汇，原文档里的标记就不会碍事。剧本和很多其他文体都有格式，整洁的 HTML5 现在就是我的格式。
Theodores查看英文原文
Serious suggestion - semantic HTML5 with the tags in a decent IDE. You may laugh but I am serious. Language has moved on and it has been moving on for as long as there has been recorded history. With HTML5 you get the extra markup for 'section', 'article', 'aside' and there are other semantic elements that already exist - 'em' is not the same as 'i', it infers emphasis rather than making the letters italic. See the elements as punctuation. Yep, that means writing 'p' tags around sentences. An IDE autocompletes the tags but it is gentle about spelling mistakes and grammar is unknown to it. You can fully typeset a book in HTML, if you want to comment bits out then you can. With an IDE you can close sections between tags up. Then there is good old version control. Compare your changes. The medium has other creative opportunities. I might not finish my book that starts out with 'In 2019 we should be...' until 2021. I could just code that in so the year is correct. So long as you have some fluency in HTML5 and know the tag vocabulary then the markup in the original document does no harm. Screenplays and plenty of other written forms have a format, tidy HTML5 is now mine. The semantic tags and the 'outline friendly' structure also help writing. No longer does text just have to be text. We are so used to 'div soup' style HTML churned out by a machine that we have forgotten what real HTML5 looks like. There is no need for the div, span and other coder-only elements, there is also no need for classes and ids if writing actual content in neat HTML5. With CSS Grid one's copy can be styled with a few basic rules on 'section', 'aside', 'figure' and other top level elements. Proof reading is pretty good too - refresh the page in the browser. Plus, in text nowadays one does need to cite sources. Links are easy in HTML5, not so easy in other things. Try it, you will be surprised. Plus, if you should be coding and you are working on your novel, most people will just see a programmer IDE on screen...
借助连续打卡类的工具，可以把"每天写一点"变成可持续的习惯。
我一直很喜欢用 Blurt 这个应用，作者还公开分享了它如何帮自己养成写作习惯（已经连续 50 多天）。创始人也在公开经营这门生意。
awaxman11查看英文原文
I've been really enjoying Blurt app http://Blurt.app Here's a behind the scenes look into how I've used Blurt to help me create a writing habit (50+ day streak ongoing!) https://blurt.app/@awaxman11/creating-a-writing-habit/5c60ed9ee7eacb010f5bc607 The founder is running the business openly.Here are his Feb '19 results: https://twitter.com/corey_gwin/status/1109565231510900736
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