Writing Tools
Backing Up Is Your Best Defense
I had a friend, let’s call him Leo, who was writing what he considered his masterpiece. Now Leo had been working on his novel for months. He’d get up early in the morning, fire up his laptop, and allow his creative, caffeine-induced juices to flow. He was almost done when one morning everything changed. It [...]
MindMap Your Novel
Outlines serve their purpose. But what if your novel has a literal cast of thousands? How do you keep track of them and the places they habit? There’s an answer. Mindmap!
Huh?
There are different software solutions on the market that will allow you to mindmap your novel to your heart’s content. My latest favorite is [...]
So You Want to Be an Expert
Here’s a common dilemma. I had an idea for a book in which one of the main characters was the sheriff of a very small town. The problem was I knew nothing about it. What was life like for a sheriff? What fills their days? Is it anything like Andy [...]
The Write Stuff
The pen might be mightier than the sword, but which pen is the victor?
For those Mac aficionados out there I ran across a great article comparing Word 2008 to Pages ‘08. It comes right on the heels of my post a few days ago regarding Scrivener.
Spoiler Alert: It appears to me that Pages may [...]
The Write Tool
When you’re ready to craft the next great novel what program do you rely on? Are you an MS Word fan, or do you despise all things Microsoft and turn to the world of the Mac allowing Apple’s Pages to capture the denizens of your imagination? There are choices out there. I [...]
