Should Ulysses make me switch to mac ?
I also juggle a lot of writing projects and tried Ulysses for a few months while working on my novel. I didn’t like it – I found the stuff they put in there that’s supposed to help you stay organized were distractions, like the notes window, the project window etc. I went back to using Word and using (depending on the project) either notecards or a notebook for notes. I also organize a project by putting different docs into folders, so I don’t see the need to have a ‘project’ window to organize the files in your book. I also don’t see any problem in a regular word processor with just including notes in-line in the text. I do a lot of editing, so easy to get rid of these as I go through draft afer draft. When I was using Ulysses, it felt a lot to me like it was designed for people who need special pens and special notebooks to write – like more of a barrier to the writing process than a tool solving real problems. It might help others organize, though – but that was my experience with i
