software for writers

topic posted Wed, January 4, 2006 - 12:24 PM by  Unsubscribed
does anyone here use any kind of software for writing purposes??

i just purchased writers blocks and will be downloading it shortly once i get the conformation email...gonna give it a try and see what i can do with it...u can download a trial version and try it out before u buy....here is the address:
www.writersblocks.com/

its not for the faint of heart if your on a tight buget ( worth 150.00 )
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  • Re: software for writers

    Sun, January 8, 2006 - 1:11 PM
    Writer's Blocks looks interesting. Let us know how it turns out for you.

    I use Inspiration, <www.inspiration.com>, for brainstorming and outlining. It's very free-form for the former, and very flexible for the latter.

    (I work for Inspiration Software; I want to stress that I'm not claiming that this is the only program out there that can do these sorts of things!)
    • Re: software for writers

      Tue, January 10, 2006 - 2:47 PM
      I'd love to hear how it works out. I took a look at WB and at Inspiration. I really like the visual approach Inspiration allows, and the price is reasonable. Dave, do you write and edit within the program, as well?
      • Re: software for writers

        Sun, January 15, 2006 - 2:15 AM
        In Inspiration I either do brainstorming/idea-rearranging in the graphical mode, or else outlining in the outlining mode. I still use a word processor for my actual writing. (I've got a really big computer monitor, so I can use Word and Inspiration side-by-side.)

        However, I've heard of other writers who end up doing all of their writing in Inspiration itself -- at the end they export their work to their word processor for final polishing. The most well-known writer in this category would be Arthur Golden (_Memoirs of a Geisha_). I guess the point would be that in Inspiration's outline mode it's extremely easy to expand and contract whole sections of your "outline" -- say, an entire chapter -- which makes it as easy to rearrange large chunks of prose as small ones.

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