#Papyrus author review update#
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His screen is more glossy and vibrant, but my less-glossy and less-vibrant screen is part of why the battery lasts so long and the laptop is lighter. (And there's an even newer version here!)Ī friend of mine bought a different brand Chromebook the other week, and he loves his too, but I found it much heavier than mine. A newer but basically the same version is available these days, the Acer Chromebook CB3-131. A common question is, 'Which Chromebook did you buy?' Well, I bought the Acer Chromebook CB3-111, and at the time of writing this is still available even though it's been discontinued. Over 22,000 people have read this article, and I still get separate emails in addition to the comments below.

#Papyrus author review update#

Update (July 2018) – It's now over 2 years later, and I'm still using the same Chromebook and enjoying it as much as the day I bought it. When we're both online at the same time, I can see his comments appearing on the side, and I can reply instantly like it's some kind of chat tool.Īnyway, just thought I'd share in case anyone is interested! I'm sure other people have their preferred methods, but nothing comes close to this for sharing. I can't say enough good things about Google Docs. But also, there's a fantastic 'suggestion' mode that allows him to actually 'edit' the document text his suggestion is in pale grey, and it's saved as a comment that I can either accept or deny. This means he can highlight bits and write comments in the margin.

I just set the permissions for the document (I choose from three options: Edit, Comment, and View) and allow him to comment. So, once the book is written – and I usually separate it into two or three chunks just because it can get a tad sluggish when you're up above 30,000 words – I share it with Brian. And I can very easily sit in the van and write for two hours while my daughter is at basketball practice. I can much more easily read and edit in the living room instead of making a decision to go to my office (which oftentimes means I don't bother).

#Papyrus author review portable#

The 11.6' Chromebook is more portable than my 17' work laptop, and its battery lasts eight times longer. (Of course, while editing and commenting is easy on small devices, writing is obviously much better done on a laptop with a proper keyboard.)Īnyway, the point is that my writing productivity has increased quite a bit. I can write half a sentence on the Chromebook, shut it down, open the document on my tablet or phone, and type the rest of the sentence. It saves to the cloud as you type, and so if you have to quit suddenly or the battery happens to die, you don't lose a thing.

#Papyrus author review Offline#

Of course it works better when connected to the internet, but Google Drive works offline too it just continues as normal until you get back online, and then it re-syncs with the cloud. It's ideal for writing and editing on the go. My Chromebook is small and lightweight with around 8 hours of battery life and a super-fast 'wake up' like a tablet. Google's Chrome browser is of course already installed, as is Google Docs, which is like a cut-down online version of Word, completely free. Last year I bought myself a Chromebook, which is an inexpensive laptop with a Google OS (not Windows) that is centered around apps from the Google app store. I then adjusted and produced a Kindle version, and I typically read that 'fast' to see if anything else jumped out. Then I would transfer the novel to Google Docs so that my author buddy Brian Clopper could do a first-sweep beta-read and leave comments throughout. Something else that helped enormously is what I wrote it on. Either way, two months total for one complete novel? That's a record, and I know I can do it again. I'm not sure if it's because I enjoyed it so much or because I disciplined myself into writing a bit every morning and night and getting 2000 words a day completed. This is a huge achievement for me, yet it didn't seem to be as much effort as previous books have been. It's worth mentioning that I started AND finished the first draft of Unicorn Hunters in January 2016, and here we are midway through March and it's just about to publish. So this post is for those who write or are in any way interested in my methods.

Now that I've finished Unicorn Hunters and worked through comments and corrections, I'm reminded again how useful Google Docs is. Using a Chromebook for novel writing and editing Posted on Ma( Subscribe to Blog)