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Scientists are busy people.   We have deadlines to meet, meetings to attend, lectures to give. And of course we need to write papers, not only because we are excited to share our findings, but also because scientific papers are the currency of the academic world.  Authorea was created by scientists and for scientists, with the idea of improving the process of writing and sharing the results of their research. While Authorea has big plans for the \href{https://www.authorea.com/8762}{paper of the future}, in this post I want to focus on the here and now. When I talk about the platform to my colleagues, by far the most common question I get is "Why should I use Authorea to write my paper?" Great question! Here's why: Here some highlighted features that should make you curious:  \begin{enumerate}  \item Write With Authorea  your paper is accessible from any computer. Anywhere  in the world  \item You can write it from  your browser, no installations required. required  \item Your paper accessible from any computer. Anywhere in the world. is also a beautiful web page  \item Collaboration is  made easy. Adding/removing Managing your  co-authors is super simple straightforward  \item Native Authorea is  version control. controlled.  Again no installations required. required  \item Citations Adding citations has  never been so easy. Believe me, you will never wanna go back. back  \item Include You can include  data and code in your paper. Allow This allows  for transparency and reproducibility of results. results  \item Export to any journal format with just a click. one click  \item Powerful commenting system. For internal or even external review  \item No need for  endless emails threads with multiple draft revisions \end{enumerate}  These are some Take Authorea for a spin and check   Take Authorea for a spin and check   Ok, If you got this far you deserve more than a laundry list  of the highlights. For me starting fancy features. You wanna know what is   My personal experience  writing collaborative I have been switching to writing  papers with Authorea meant about a year ago and I noticed  a number of immediate improvements: first of all \textbf{my papers get written faster}. The other most important change is Then I noticed  that I \textbf{do not need to exchange emails} with collaborators concerning the paper. All This is fantastic, all  the action happens (and it's logged) on Authorea, including discussions about revisions and suggestions for improvement. improvements.  But the most important thing that happen is something that I didn't expect. By getting rid of  the overhead that I previously accepted as a necessary, unavoidable part of the scientific writing process, something remarkable happened. I started enjoying much more writing. And I do not mean just publishing papers; that I had it before. I now appreciate spending cherish the  time that I spend  putting my science into words. It might sound crazy, but  Authorea did something amazing: it made me discover \textbf{discover  the pleasure of writing science. Together. science together} with my collaborators.