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Ask HN: Looking for a program to write down ideas for a novel

1 points by Malaclypst ↗ HN
Hello. I want to write a novel and i need something more specific than vim to write down ideas, characters, places etc. Something simple but still powerful to work with tags and categories. Help me pls! I don't mind if it's cli or gui, python or c++ but open-source software is preferable choice.

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ghilston
I've been loving writing raw markdown files with the program Obsidian:

https://obsidian.md/

The files stay on your machine, so you can take the data and leave if you ever want to use a different program. Obsidian has a tagging feature and the ability to directly link one file, even a specific part of a file, to another.

Check it out!

Malaclypst
Everybody likes Obsidian, but IMO it's too bloated for my task.
ghilston
Interesting! I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, but may I ask why you find it to be too bloated?
inphovore
I’ve been using tiddylwiki for over a decade. It’s ease of use diminished a bit during the time of enhanced browser security (self saving single file html page), though modern browsers are beginning to provide this feature safely, as well as there being a number of alternative ways to run things (desktop app, iOS/android, service, browser plugins, etc.)

No bloat!

https://tiddlywiki.com/