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Posted by Graham Rhind
Apr 14, 2025 at 01:11 PM
I’m looking for software which would help me with a non-fiction writing project. I don’t have any experience with software designed especially for writers (Scrivener etc.) though there are many options I am familiar with which may also do some of the job (DocxManager, RightNote, UltraRecall, Hyperplan, MyInfo, Word etc.).
The software would need to be on Windows, pay once (no subscription), allow footnoting and referencing (and creation of a bibliography from those references) but also ideally be able to create a timeline. I’ve not come across writing software that can create a timeline, though I’m sure it must be around. If not, if anybody has any suggestions for a cheap and easy to use timeline creation package, I would appreciate any pointers.
Thanks in advance for any forthcoming wisdom!
Graham
Posted by Franz Grieser
Apr 14, 2025 at 02:05 PM
Hi Graham.
I am not sure what you need the timeline feature for.
There are several novel writing apps with a timeline feature. But I am not aware of one that comes at a pay-once price. An app some of my novel-writing colleagues use is Plottr: https://plottr.com/
What might come handy is an old Windows app that is no longer supported but can be used for free: Writer’s Cafe, a collection of several tools including Storylines. That’s a basic timelining tool that I used a couple of years ago. I haven’t installed it in Windows 10 or 11, though.
You find it here:http://www.anthemion.co.uk/writerscafe/
Best wishes
Franz
Posted by MadaboutDana
Apr 14, 2025 at 02:10 PM
Well, it’s a little old now, but still a good piece of software: Anthemion’s Writer’s Cafe is available for free, and does some of what you want (although it’s not really a bibliographic reference tool): http://www.anthemion.co.uk/writerscafe/
Graham Rhind wrote:
I’m looking for software which would help me with a non-fiction writing
>project. I don’t have any experience with software designed especially
>for writers (Scrivener etc.) though there are many options I am familiar
>with which may also do some of the job (DocxManager, RightNote,
>UltraRecall, Hyperplan, MyInfo, Word etc.).
>
>The software would need to be on Windows, pay once (no subscription),
>allow footnoting and referencing (and creation of a bibliography from
>those references) but also ideally be able to create a timeline. I’ve
>not come across writing software that can create a timeline, though I’m
>sure it must be around. If not, if anybody has any suggestions for a
>cheap and easy to use timeline creation package, I would appreciate any
>pointers.
>
>Thanks in advance for any forthcoming wisdom!
>
>Graham
Posted by MadaboutDana
Apr 14, 2025 at 02:11 PM
Oh, and actually, the successor to Writer’s Cafe, Jutoh, does pretty much everything you’ve described: https://www.jutoh.com/features.html
Posted by MadaboutDana
Apr 14, 2025 at 02:14 PM
Ah, you and I replied more or less simultaneously, Frank ;-)
Franz Grieser wrote:
Hi Graham.
>
>I am not sure what you need the timeline feature for.
>
>There are several novel writing apps with a timeline feature. But I am
>not aware of one that comes at a pay-once price. An app some of my
>novel-writing colleagues use is Plottr: https://plottr.com/
>
>What might come handy is an old Windows app that is no longer supported
>but can be used for free: Writer’s Cafe, a collection of several tools
>including Storylines. That’s a basic timelining tool that I used a
>couple of years ago. I haven’t installed it in Windows 10 or 11, though.
>You find it here:http://www.anthemion.co.uk/writerscafe/
>
>Best wishes
>Franz