What is proze?
Proze is a set of open source tools that let you write English language prose the same way you would write software.
Proze is made up of these pieces:
- The proze syntax.
- A proze plugin for supported text editors.
- A compiler that converts a proze project into something you can publish.
Read the Getting started page for a walkthrough of how you can start working with proze.
What does it look like?
Proze is plain text. When you use a text editor that has proze support, you can take advantage of syntax highlighting. Here's an example of what that might look like.
It was a dark and stormy night. The wind whipped rain against the windows of the old Victorian mansion. Cassandra turned on her ecto meter and held it up in front of her face. A small green dot popped up on the screen.
Matthew peeked over Cassandra's shoulder. "Is that a ghost?" he said.
"Shush," Cassandra said. "I'm going to kick you out in the rain if you can't keep your mouth shut."
This colorful highlighting won't end up in the final document, but it can be very useful while you're writing.
Why use proze?
Proze is meant for writing short stories, novels, and other documents in English language prose. You should use proze if you want to:
- Focus on the content of your writing instead of the formatting.
- Automatically publish your document in multiple formats (pdf, docx, html) without having to do any manual formatting.
- Catch mistakes like misspelled character names while you're writing instead of waiting for your editor to find them.
Acknowledgements
The creation of proze was inspired by these projects.