# Obsidian is my new writing hub 2025-01-10 **Scrivener and LanguageTool are remarkable tools that I use all the time, but they don't have an Android App. Luckily, Obsidian works as an elegant bridge that has clients for multiple platforms.** Please allow me to begin by explaining the situation. I’m a Mac user who switched from the #iPhone to Android many years ago and have no intention or desire to go back. That said, I sometimes come across great writing tools like Scrivener and LanguageTool that don’t have an #Android App. Thankfully, Obsidian is an important part of my writing kit and has clients for multiple platform. This is the story of how I use it as my writing hub. ![[vladcampos.com/Toolbox/Obsidian/Obsidian posts|Obsidian posts]] Scrivener is where I’ve been writing my books since 2012. I don't know how others create, but in my case, I usually start by writing down ideas as they come to mind. When there's enough content and a lot of mess, it's time to organize the text, and that's probably my favorite thing about Scrivener. Coping and pasting is harmless, since the draft file has no formatted text, and it is also extremely easy to rearrange chapters by simply dragging them around. ![[vladcampos.com/_files/2025-01-10-scrivener-rearranging-chapters.png]] Another crucial aspect of writing is grammar. For a non-native speaker like myself, a little help with synonyms and sentence construction is very welcome. That’s where LanguageTool shines. It feels as if I have an English teacher constantly suggesting changes to improve the text. Don’t ask me why, but #Scrivener never added support to LanguageTool, despite the existence of an API. So, even when using my Mac to write, I can’t benefit from both of them working together. And when I'm away from my computer, things become even harder because none of them have an Android App. That even affects the Supernote, as it is also an Android under the hood. ![[vladcampos.com/Toolbox/Supernote/Supernote posts]] Thankfully, there is a way to connect all of these seemingly incompatible pieces. Several months ago, I shared a workaround for using Scrivener's sync feature to have access to your book's draft as #Markdown files in #Obsidian. You can learn ho to do it, by watching the video below.  ![[vladcampos.com/Toolbox/Markdown/What is Markdown?]] Yesterday, you learned about another part of the puzzle. There is a LanguageTool plugin for Obsidian that uses the same API Scrivener could be using to make writers' lives more comfortable. By combining both methods — synchronizing the book with Obsidian and using the #LanguageTool plugin — we can create the perfect solution to use the spell checker when writing on a Mac or using an Android phone. Which also includes the [Supernote](https://vladcampos.com/sn). Isn't that cool?  However, that is not all the writing I do in Obsidian. This article, for example, started as an idea in my [[vladcampos.com/Timeline System|“Creator” Action Container]]. The note was born there when I was riding the subway and wanted to write some ideas and drafts of a few paragraphs. I kept working on it the next day, but this time I used Obsidian on my computer. In both cases, LanguageTool was there helping me. When it was finished, I moved it from the Action Container to the website folder to then make it available online, where you are reading it now. If you'd like to learn more about all of these interconnected folders, please watch the video below.  ![[vladcampos.com/_embedded/After Post|After Post]]