I'm currently using Libre Writer, which is nice for putting words in files and writing tech manuals. It's not cooperative with stepping through whole pages at a shot, the find/replace target text can't contain common punctuation, needs a work-around for chapter numbering, etc., whiny, etc.
I tried Scrivener and realized it was a full-time career to figure it out, even following the full tutorial. Worse, it's pretty much "our way or the highway".
Is there anything that a) doesn't require an annual rental fee (I can't buy it? I have to pay annually until h*** freezes over?), b) isn't cloud-based (nothing like sitting in a camp site in the middle of the Sonoran desert to understand the meaning of the phrase "dark zone") and c) is flexible about "how I write"?
I tried Scrivener and realized it was a full-time career to figure it out, even following the full tutorial. Worse, it's pretty much "our way or the highway".
Is there anything that a) doesn't require an annual rental fee (I can't buy it? I have to pay annually until h*** freezes over?), b) isn't cloud-based (nothing like sitting in a camp site in the middle of the Sonoran desert to understand the meaning of the phrase "dark zone") and c) is flexible about "how I write"?