Post #3399609
2026-01-04 16:44 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub day 4: Share a tool of your trade.
I'm being slightly unusual (for a writer) by repurposing a couple of the tools of my professional trade (software development) and using them for writing. Namely, VS Code and Git. VS Code is a code editor, and it doesn't bother with things like fonts, margins, and so on. I'm writing my WIP in Markdown, so I can italicize things, and other than that? I firmly believe that other formatting... 1/3
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@kagan@wandering.shop 2026-01-04 16:44
...is something that writers shouldn't concern themselves with at all, but should leave them to the layout people. Git is what's called "source control" software, which allows one to "check in" files and data, and then save updates as they're made. And roll back updates. And even make "branches" in the data, so one can try out multiple different changes at once. (Then one can merge them back together, if desired.) 2/3 #WritersCoffeeClub