There are a few reasons why I’m using Google Documents for
creative writing at the moment:
Auto-save
Much better than having to remember to save your work, or
having a big gap of time between saving only to see your system freeze or crash
on you. Very convenient, and perhaps MS Word (my backup word-processor these
days) has a way of doing this, but I haven’t discovered it.
Cloud-Storage
The chances of Google collapsing and losing your saved work
is a lot less likely than having your computer stolen, catching a virus, or
somehow having your files overwritten/deleted. Let’s face it.
Access from any computer via the internet
I currently enjoy the luxury of being allowed to use the
internet for personal things while I’m on the job, due to downtime. I know that
very few people get this privilege, but if you do and you’re into creative
writing, this lets you log into Google docs and write while you’re at work. It’s
amazing.
Controlled Sharing
For me, this is the main selling point of Google Docs. I
collaborate with others as much as I can, and I want people to be able to
highlight parts of the text and make comments. GD allows this even to the
extent that you can reply to comments or resolve them, and get e-mail updates
about them. You can specify access level, making the text ‘read-only’ to
certain people if you want. This is great for my writer’s group, we can all
work on a story together even though one of us is overseas.
So yeah, Google Documents! I don’t work for Google or have
any responsibility for promoting their product, but this particular one has
really been a great tool for me as a writer. Definitely recommended.
Here's an example of one of my documents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wzLpyODIm69KH8zUg9HL1rjgu2Rp65ESSFMTHKaawG8/edit?usp=sharing
