Writing Software for Writers

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Posted by Hugh
Dec 28, 2012 at 10:10 AM

Listerene wrote:
Seems to be heavily Mac-centric and waaay out of date.
> >Missing are common pc programs such as
>yWriter
>Storybook Pro
>Writer’s Café
>Liquid Story Binder
>Save the Cat
>Snowflake Pro
>Focus Writer
>Writing Outliner Add-On for Word
>WriteSpace Add-On for Word
>XL Notes Add-On for Excel
>Q10
>CreaWriter
>ZenWriter
>WestEdit
>

And, of course, Word itself (which has probably been until recently the overwhelming software of choice for authors, is still the standard demanded by traditional publishers, and whose 2013 version for the PC appears to have learnt some lessons from its newer rivals, as noted in another thread). OneNote is often paired with it, as a research, outline and notes resource.

BTW, Rough Draft and Jer’s Novel Writer are no longer being developed. I can’t remember whether the original post includes Storyist and WriteWayPro, which are being developed.

Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM

Movie Outline is a screenwriting software with some outlining features and virtual index cards:
http://www.movieoutline.com/

Posted by Daly de Gagne
Dec 29, 2012 at 07:23 PM

I bought WhizFolder b/c of its ability to be in a single pane mode. However, I was disappointed at how that feature is implemented, and requested - and received promptly - a refund.

I should like to see that feature enhanced.

Also, I’m a nut about metadata, and should like to see columns.

Otherwise, I quite like the program.

Daly

Jon Polish wrote:
Another thought about WhizFolders in particular, but many mature
>programs in general. If a program achieves its goal of functionality,
>except for bug fixes and updates because of OS changes, should we expect
>constant updates? WhizFolders is quite mature. I would like a more
>robust version history, but I don’t envision added features that would
>detract from its strength as a writing tool.
> >Jon

Posted by Hannibal Hotkey
Jan 10, 2013 at 05:20 PM

If it were easy to create a custom sidebar in Word (to hold notes, for example), then I’d be all over that. Sadly, I haven’t had time to monkey around writing a Word add-in.

Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 20, 2013 at 08:43 PM

Another list of writing software:
http://stubbornwriter.com/writing-software

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