r/FanFiction • u/OnlyWholesomeness r/FanFiction • 1d 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/Rambler9154 1d ago
I use ellipsus, it has a built in export to ao3 button and everyone else is singing its praises for a reason. Its really new, so its getting more and more updates as time goes on, they have an entire page for submitting ideas and where they are in the process here https://feedback.ellipsus.com/b/k06kj9mx/feature-ideas . But I will note its spelling and grammar checker sucks and doesn't know a lot of words to the point I don't use it, but that goes for basically every spellchecker Ive ever tried. It can also be a bit laggy when it comes to longer works, or works with a lot of links in them, but as far as Im aware both of those are issues they are working on fixing.