Re: SuperNoteCard version 1.6

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Posted by sbrt
2005-07-06 13:11:03

Hello,

I’ve been lurking here for years (yes, years!) and I’ve never really had any reason to post. Except today, because SNC is the best tool I’ve ever used as a (novice) fiction writer.

I use Treepad for the “bible” of my stories and SNC for the story itself. In a few words, in SNC, each card is a scene in an act (“deck”) and you can add plots or characters (“factors”) with colored stickers on each card.

If you need to re-order scenes quickly, SNC is like heaven! There is a “flatten mode” which ignores the hierarchy of the act structure and show “leaf nodes” only (but each card is still colored, depending on the act where it is). So, it’s like a big desk where I can have an overall vision of my work (an unique feature among common outliners BTW, except in the discontinued AcuteNotes…).

Moreover, I can make “associations”, for example to explain why a character is acting in a particular scene. So, this is simply the only tool I’ve found to help creating consistent and coherent stories. There isn’t any “fill the holes to create a good story” swindle. The purpose is only to organize data in a common way for writers.

The 1.6 version is now mature and productive, especially because the authors of SNC listen very carefully to the users and always answer emails in a very constructive way.

Here is a (french) review of SNC I wrote for an online magazine dedicated to writers:
http://www.wmaker.net/cosecalcre/index.php?action=article&id_article=135917

Regards,
Sebastien Berthet

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