Writers: You Can Edit on Your ipad!
As if I didn’t already have a long enough laundry list of reasons why I LOVE my ipad, I recently discovered another.
I can edit a manuscript inside my kindle app.
You may already have discovered this and have an even longer love letter to write to Apple. But if not, here’s how it works. I write my manuscript in Microsoft Word – Mac version for me. When I want to take the manuscript with me and would like to be able to read through it, I send the document to my Kindle address. If you have an Amazon.com account and have registered your ipad or iphone with Amazon, you are given a kindle email address. You can find this by looking under Settings within the Kindle app. You will need to send your document to your kindle address with the email account you have registered with Amazon.
Your document will arrive inside your kindle app under Docs. Once you’ve opened it, you can edit by highlighting areas of concern with the highlighting feature. You can also click on Note and type in whatever you want to remember about making that change.
The other great thing about editing inside the kindle app is that you’re able to see what your document currently looks like on your ipad. I find this greatly helps with getting formatting correct early on in the writing process.
I have found that writers block is a lot less likely to be an issue if I keep my head in a story. I like to have a manuscript with me so that if I have fifteen minutes in the dentist office, I can make good use of that time. If you lead a fairly mobile life like I do, you might love editing with your Kindle app as well!
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Inglath Cooper
I love books! From my earliest memories, I loved being read to and then reading practically every book in my elementary school library. There’s something about taking a little trip into a wonderful story that is its own unique pleasure. Over the years, my favorite authors have provided me with glimpses into worlds I would never have known had I not picked up their books. From Beverley Cleary to Lavyrle Spencer to Jodi Piccoult to Anita Shreve and so many others, I am grateful they chose to become storytellers. A great story has the power to move, change and shape its readers. To me, that’s an honorable calling and a task I aspire to.
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