If I allow myself to daydream about the perfect writing program then I see a Personal Assistant Robot in my word processor. It will help me with everything, and even more.
It will be able to
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Speak all the languages I speak, know all about grammar but also about style and the building up of sentences.
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Look up sources for me while I type and suggest corrections, further reading or persons to contact, both for me and for the readers.
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Go through all my previous writings and, whenever I want of course, inform about what and how I wrote about the subject previously. It will only mention relevant writings and thoughts and make suggestions about how to benefit from it in the current text.
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Know literature so it is able to compare and inform me about styles, scenes, or thoughts that have been used before.
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Follow the storyline in the book or short story I am writing and propose plot changes, characters or settings. And of course correct me if I write anything that is inconsequent or impossible.
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Suggest layout, sounds, structures when I am writing poems. It will have different voices in different languages that can read me the poem and it will play beautifully with sounds and rhythm, inspiring me and helping me to learn.
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Show me all sorts of notes and information on screen in a practical way and clever way so that I won’t get confused or get lost. It can speak to me while I write or just silently and unintrusively give me pointers.
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Publish, print, turn into an ebook, sent to others conveniently and quick.
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Load extremely fast so I can write my thought down before I forget it.
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Be very small so I can carry it with me on whatever device I am using, always synchronized and informed.