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October 28, 2015 By Meg Waite Clayton

3 Writing Programs Worth a Look

Faulkner quote typewriterWriting can be a hard business, but like everything these days, the techy types who may or may not write are here with tools to help us out. Here are three writing programs to consider: one I use, one for which I have good friends who spear by it, and one I learned of this morning, through a women’s journalism group in which I participate.
1. Scrivener Writing Software: this is the one I use, and swear by if you write the way I like to write, which is with everything in one place. You can have your draft open, and your outline open beside it. You can have photos of your setting or anything else. You can move chapters around with a simple drag and drop. And yes, you can export to word when you need to submit or start working with your editor. This last bit isn’t seamless, but it’s pretty good.
2. Freedom: This one basically shuts off your internet access on your computer for as long as you tell it to. Works pretty well, I’m told, except that … there is always internet access on your phone.
3. Write or Die: And this one, seriously, will begin to delete your words if you stop writing for too long. Tempting, right?
Thanks to Beverly Wettenstein for that last one. And good luck with your writing–especially if your are gearing up for NANOWRIMO next month!
Meg
 

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Meg Waite Clayton


Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including the Good Morning America Buzz pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS, the National Jewish Book Award finalist THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, the Langum-Prize honored THE RACE FOR PARIS, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. Her novels have been published in 23 languages. She has also written more than 100 pieces for major newspapers, magazines, and public radio, mentors in the OpEd Project, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the California bar. megwaiteclayton.com

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