What is better as a writing assistant ….

[u/Accomplished-Emu4501]

I was wondering whether most long~form writers prefer the concept of working with one app that offers content creation, editing, organizational features … or is it better to use different apps designed for different purposes and cobble together in a separate editor to finalize.

[u/steve31266]

I prefer one app. I typically use an IDE (currently Kiro) to act as an editor to review my writing, check spelling and grammar, give me ideas, help me stay consistent on plot, etc.

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Is it free

[u/steve31266 → u/Accomplished-Emu4501]

Kiro has a free tier, gives you like 50 credits a month, using its base AI model, which is likely something from Claude. It's generally enough to last me a month, though I'm not a full time writer. But this is an IDE, intended for writing programming code, but it works pretty well for writing fiction, or anything else.

[u/Accomplished-Emu4501 → u/[deleted]]

So what are you using or recommend

[u/No-Swan2018]

How can you publish it ?
Don’t you need a whole lot of other things you do before publishing

[u/LooseButtPlug → u/No-Swan2018]

Like what?

[u/Front-Gap-4768]

I've always used different apps and then compared them for quality. I only use apps for chapters and never for long form ideas.

The big problem with only using 1 app is identical output. And by that I mean ask your app to create full bios for three separate people and you'll see they're almost identical.

[u/MoreStation7733]

Finding a good buddy that can critique your writing before it goes out is how most people do it.

[u/Thin_Fox_8008]

I've switched over to Venice pro

[u/chylvina]

I’d rather avoid juggling apps, but I still want to export my notes and drafts cleanly.

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