Comments on: Techno-writers

By: Magazine tip for obsessives like me « Charlottesville Words

Magazine tip for obsessives like me « Charlottesville Words — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:44 +0000

[...] copy of the article on my screen, complete with correct citation. Right-click, send to OneNote (an all-purpose information database tool), and the article I so coveted is [...]

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:15:21 +0000

I’ve got it downloaded–now if only I could figure out how to use it!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:49:03 +0000

That’s the one. Thanks.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:34:05 +0000

Jer’s Novel Writer. Free download.

http://www.jerssoftwarehut.com

By: More techno-writing « Charlottesville Words

More techno-writing « Charlottesville Words — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:48:59 +0000

[...] 11th, 2007 · No Comments Just wanted to call your attention to a comment on one of my previous posts. Matthew Lowes points us to yWriter, whose author in turn recommends [...]

By: Sarabeth

Sarabeth — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:55:55 +0000

Something like this would only work for me if it could read my dreams as I sleep. That’s when the characters and plot get depth for me.

I have, however, scrawled trees of information on paper with what I’m currently writing. It’s a method I learned from reading a book years ago. I believe it was titled “How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci.”

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:34:03 +0000

A friend of mine uses something she really likes on her Mac — if she reads this I hope she’ll post the name of the software.

By: Cliff Garstang

Cliff Garstang — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:34:27 +0000

I love this topic, but Powers’s approach blows me away. I do have print to voice software which is fun–having the computer read your text back to you–but haven’t used outlining aids yet. I recently loaded Final Draft for screenwriting purposes and have begun using it also to outline stories (using its notecard function that allows you to easily reorganize scenes), but I’m not sure if that will work well for a novel.

By: Matthew Lowes

Matthew Lowes — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:28:04 +0000

I’ve been looking into various possible software solutions to organizing the complexities of novel writing. The key to this search in my mind is finding a tool that enhances rather than distracts from the actual work of writing. I’ve been intrigued by YWriter. It’s free software designed specifically for writing novels by a guy who actually writes novels, Simon Haynes. Haven’t tried it yet, but it looks to be worth checking out.

http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html