Writing 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
