Sleep soundly.Įvery Paper doc is automatically backed up to Dropbox in real time, so your draft will stay safe, even if your computer crashes. Add a friendly wizard to mark the arrival of a wizened mentor, or a dinosaur to flag old sections that still need work. Paper comes complete with emoji (just type a colon to see your options) and room for animated stickers in the margins. Keep things light, friendly, and fun.Įven if you’re writing a grisly murder mystery, the novel writing process doesn’t have to be dreary. Did you make a separate doc with a glossary of terms? Link your docs together as you go, simply by typing a plus sign and the name of the other doc. You can check your table of contents at any time-automatically generated on the left side of the page, but out of the way until you need it. Paper gives you simple ways to keep things neat and tidy. If you’d like, you can also set a deadline and get an email reminder right before a task is due. Whether you want to add a 27-item list at the top of your doc, or just a single reminder in the middle of Chapter 3, Paper can oblige. With Paper, you can add a checkbox on the fly, simply by typing open and closed brackets. Add italics, headers, and section dividers without your fingers ever leaving the keys. If you do want to spruce up your text, Paper provides helpful keyboard shortcuts so you can organize as you go along. Paper puts the bells, borders, and whistles aside, making your words look beautiful by default. That’s fine for people with lots of time on their hands, but you’ve got an award-winning novel to write. Most of today’s word processors are cluttered with tool bars, formatting choices, and menu options. You’re going to procrastinate on Instagram anyway. Maybe you want to include a tweet from your favorite author, or add a Pinterest board to visualize your novel’s setting.
Paste a link in a Paper doc, and Paper will magically display the full post or video.
If you need a little inspiration first, Paper can help. The creative process doesn’t have to start with words on a page. Here are seven ways Dropbox Paper might make starting your novel a little less scary. Simple and free from distractions, it’s the perfect place to just start typing, working out early ideas and getting your first few chapters on the page. That’s why you might try using Dropbox Paper-a workspace that traces its roots back to NaNoWriMo. Sometimes the hardest part about writing is just getting started. Dropbox, a NaNoWriMo 2017 sponsor, is here with a few tips for writing your novel using Dropbox Paper:
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