Nowadays there are plenty of apps and programs for writing, from Word and Google Docs to things like WorldAnvil and Campfire. Some people prefer writing with the good ol' pen and paper. Given the features for premium, it seems like a decent amount of people write their stories here.

Personally I use Docs. Mostly because it's free, and I can switch almost instantly between computer and phone with it, without losing a word. I will admit that the features on mobile suck tho, lol.

What do you use?

Since I only write on my laptop, I use Word. It's what I use at work so it made sense to use it at home as well.

I also use docs. Back in the old days, I used word to write a few short stories. Had it all on my laptop. Ten guesses to what happened to it. Lost all that had been written(was only like 10k words but it was a lot for me back then), and trauma brought me over to things that backed up automatically.

I use docs, with a cool extension that turns it to dark mode, to write and one note to keep... Notes.  

Scrivener. Then I export to and edit side-by-side in first Grammarly, and then Gdocs. Then the finalized chap on Scrivener gets imported to RR where my tiny audience and curious onlookers gets to see it.

I started out just using the notes app on my phone, but then I lost 2/3 of my longest writing project at the time, and I switched to docs because it has an undo button. Which, after my tragic loss, was a must. 

When I first started out I used notepad, then graduated to wordpad. I spell checked using Open Office so I've no idea why I never just wrote the stuff directly there. 😆

More recently I've started using yWriter for desktop and Writer+ for mobile. I never really got into synced software because I backup (often multiple copies) religiously anyway, don't know if that's enough now I consider just how much I've written over the years.

Scrivener. I use an iPad so it doesn't have even half the features the PC version does, but the ease of organizing documents, timelines, plottings and pages is enough to make it probably the best software I've used this far. 

Google Docs, but for publishing my non-fiction it all goes into Affinity Publisher for layout and formatting.  I used to use Adobe InDesign, but I'm just about to cancel that subscription.  Affinity is way cheaper, isn't SaaS and does 90% of what I need better than Adobe.

I use NotepadX, I know it's probably not a popular choice, but it's comfortable and effective, with a dark mode and autosave!

Luddite Alert, Luddite Alert!

I always write the initial episode draft by hand, using a gel ink pen so my internal editor won't muck it up. Then I rewrite the episode in Scrivener (sometimes changing it a lot), and from there to WPS (inexpensive Word clone) for editing. Then I paste the episode into RR, editing yet again, and post that puppy.

Written in First Person, Present Tense: The White Horde | Royal Road

However, many people hate stories written in the present. So I've started a separate fiction, where I rewrite the episode into past tense, editing again as I go, and (hopefully) plugging up any minor plot holes or adding material that's needed.

Written FP, Past Tense: The White Horde (Revised) | Royal Road

Seems like a lot of work, but doing one episode at a time means I'm not baking missed-steaks quite as munch...

Scrivener all the way, with google spreadsheets on the side for easy and pretty stat tables. :)

David Wrote: Luddite Alert, Luddite Alert!

If my typewriter had ribbons I'd be using that (to clarify for the young people typewriter isn't an app)

I priced up getting a hardcopy of my first project, £25?! You can buy a new printer for £35!

I have a new level of respect for books written prior to find and replace.

David Wrote: Luddite Alert, Luddite Alert!

I always write the initial episode draft by hand

Samesies! Fellow luddite here.

I like the feel of pen on paper, I like having a stack of notebooks with the original episodes in too. It's a nice measure of what I've achieved in writing them.

Then I type and edit on Word. 

I use WriteitNow to draft my novels.

It's in the same vein as Scrivener and yWriter but simpler to use. In fact, it's probably a lot more like Scrivener. So it is a simpler, cheaper Scrivener that is just for novel writing. 

I am in the market for a Ms. Word alternative because I will need it for the future.

Google Docs isn't going to cut it for that because of how it lags with longer documents and I need something that can handle a long document. I don't like OpenOffice or LibreOffice. OpenOffice seems to be more stable, but isn't really supported anymore. LibreOffice, while currently get updates, seems worse for some reason. Not to mention none of the grammar checking add-ons are any good or are supported anymore. Between not getting them to work and the one that did work changes reverted when I closed the add-on, I can't say that I'm fond of it. I may have to just use MS. Word, but I'm still open for suggestion.

I just use LibreOffice Writer. I've never gotten much use out of fancier programs. For plotting and tracking details I keep a personal little wiki using Zim, if the plot's too complicated for a simple bible in Libreoffice to suffice.

Sometimes I write on RoyalRoad because of the dark theme, but prefer words and docs. I mostly use docs since I can't use my computer often. I use Grammarly but not often since my computer is can't download web extensions. I also just started using Hemingway app.

Open Office for writing and charts people look at. 

Excel for keeping track of any numbers that people aren't going to be looking at. 

Wikidpad for notes that aren't charts. I can hyperlink things together. Everything from household plans to complex worldbuilding and developmental editing (and also running RPGs). 

Word is only for editing manuscripts written by other people.

I have everything loaded into a paid Dropbox account, so I can instantly share between my laptop and desktop, and can view everything but Wikidpad on my phone. 

Microsoft Word. Works like a charm on both desktop and mobile.

My setup (Word) is split in three parts: the navigation pane, the page, and then the thesaurus. The whole thing's also slightly transparent (glass2k), so I can see the picture behind it (Honeyview). It helps set the scene.