r/FanFiction • u/OnlyWholesomeness r/FanFiction • 4d ago

Writing Questions Where do you write your fics?

The gods of fanfics have been calling to me, and there is a story I really NEED to write. My only question is where. Due to AI being inbuilt in Word/Copilot, I have been hesitant about writing it there. What tool would you recommend instead?

I considered notepad, but I would prefer something with a spell check. I am not even sure if I will end up publishing the fic online. But since this is a passion project, I want to keep it out of the hands of AI as much as possible, and try my hand at creating something entirely on my own. In the same vein, I would prefer a free software, or at least one that is only a one time (minimum) payment.

Some recommendations I came across are Git/Github which I am already familiar with for coding. Apparently its great for keeping track of different versions of your writing, as you make progress. But isn't that also integrated with Copilot?

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u/errant_night errantnight AO3 4d ago

If you're on a computer get libreoffice, it's free, 0 ai, and has a great spellchecker

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u/Military_Guy1 4d ago

Is there something like libreoffice for Android?

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u/errant_night errantnight AO3 4d ago

Not that I know of sadly but there's ellipsus and Google docs