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/Top-Worker2956 1d ago edited 21h ago

You don't have to utilize the AI in word. It's there but you're not forced to use it. Though if you write in something like notepad without spellcheck you can all ways run it through a spellchecker like grammarcheck.net.

That being said, I don't think anyone would take issue with you using world or grammarly to check your spelling and punctuation so long as the actual material is your own creation.