The sweet setup ia writer update#
The sweet setup ia writer trial#

It is certainly no crime to choose iCloud as the preferred method of syncing, however there have been a couple of misdemeanours on iClouds part (I believe) which unfortunately for the developer occurred around the same time as the Mac update and release of the full iPad version of the app. Having used the External Folders option with Dropbox syncing for my initial NaNoWriMo foray, I think iCloud suits Ulysses perfectly - particularly the file and folder structures, and now with both Mac and iPad options available. I am all in with iCloud syncing in my current Ulysses set up. In no particular order, there are indeed some features of the app (on both iOS and OS X) which I use more heavily: iCloud It is here I see most of my future uses also occurring, however I do plan on tackling some longer form writing again in the future. That is it - apart from the NaNo effort, utilising the “sheets” in Ulysses as book chapters – I largely use it as an app to write blog posts.

reviewing and commenting on some of my daughters’ high school essays.

5 months (31 posts) of blogging (approximately 3 months also using the Ulysses iPad app).

Looking back, to date my use has consisted of the following: Here we find I again under utilise the power of Ulysses and its potential as - particularly a longer form - writing app.

The sweet setup ia writer trial#

So as you can see, I came across Ulysses through the lure of the free trial and “extras” - am I really so shallow? Evidently yes. Retrospectively, undertaking my first NaNoWriMo and learning the features of a new app at the same time was probably not the smartest decision, however it certainly paid off this time. Had the app imposed more friction to set up, write in, and generally manage over that month, I would most likely have exported what I had written to another app and never looked back. I think at that point in time, having finally committed myself to the 50,000 word challenge I was looking for all the help I could get! Upon thinking more about this - credit where credit is due to Ulysses here. The promise of regular email follow-up as part of the NaNoWriMo group of Ulysses users along with an extract of (the recently updated) David Hewson’s: Writing a Novel With Ulysses eBook.

Going backwards and forwards in my mind last October as to whether I would embark on NaNoWriMo, I came across the offer of a free 30 day Ulysses trial (available for the Mac through the developer’s website). In all honesty - no particular reason in the first instance. I find much of Editorial’s more powerful workflows remain under utilised in my writing, and although Editorial continued to serve my iPad writing needs well until the release of the Ulysses iPad beta earlier this year, since that time I have not ventured outside Ulysses for writing on either platform. Over time I moved to Editorial on my iPad mini, although continued with Byword on the Mac, syncing both through Dropbox.Īlthough I do have the iPhone versions of both Byword and Editorial, I have never really taken to longer form writing on my phone, preferring the iPad - and more often than not an external keyboard, which remains the case today. Other writing appsĪ point to note here is that I have been an avid iOS user for around three and a half to four years now (both iPad and iPhone), and a Mac user for two, during which time, most of my writing has occurred in Byword on both the iPad and Mac. Of course if that is the case there remains the iPad to consider, depending on where your writing occurs. There are many other apps out there which may suit your particular needs far better than this one, and I suspect those who are entrenched in something like Scrivener might read these words and be quite happy they already have everything covered. It is certainly not to sell you on Ulysses – after all, writing is writing - a keyboard and (hopefully) output.