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Writing Excuses 12.30: Tools for Writers
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mbarkerWriting Excuses 12.30: Tools for Writers
From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2017/07/23/12-30-tools-for-writers/
Key Points: Consider your tools and how they support your process and creativity. Scrivener supports component-based authoring. Other people prefer a key to screen word processor that is bare bones. Index cards, a pen, and Post-it notes. Write or Die for word sprints. Word 2010 and the document map. Wikidpad and other wikis, for encyclopedia or book bibles. Aeon Timeline for dates and times, or an Excel spreadsheet? Excel for outlining -- columns for character, subplot, mystery, then shuffle rows to organize. Spreadsheets for story beats. The browser for research! Asana for time management.
( Handbrains and index cards... )
[Howard] Who's got our homework?
[Brandon] I do. It's very easy. You're just going to try one of these programs, these different methods. It doesn't even have to be a program, you could try the index card thing if you've never done that. I want this year, this season of Writing Excuses to get you to try to shake up your structure, your planning, your organization, a little bit to see if there are tools that will help you be more creative. This is a perfect example of something that might help you be more creative. Give it a try. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.
From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2017/07/23/12-30-tools-for-writers/
Key Points: Consider your tools and how they support your process and creativity. Scrivener supports component-based authoring. Other people prefer a key to screen word processor that is bare bones. Index cards, a pen, and Post-it notes. Write or Die for word sprints. Word 2010 and the document map. Wikidpad and other wikis, for encyclopedia or book bibles. Aeon Timeline for dates and times, or an Excel spreadsheet? Excel for outlining -- columns for character, subplot, mystery, then shuffle rows to organize. Spreadsheets for story beats. The browser for research! Asana for time management.
( Handbrains and index cards... )
[Howard] Who's got our homework?
[Brandon] I do. It's very easy. You're just going to try one of these programs, these different methods. It doesn't even have to be a program, you could try the index card thing if you've never done that. I want this year, this season of Writing Excuses to get you to try to shake up your structure, your planning, your organization, a little bit to see if there are tools that will help you be more creative. This is a perfect example of something that might help you be more creative. Give it a try. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.
