Macworld Video: Novel Writing Tools

[mattaugustcolo]

Scrivener is also our for Windows now...

[boyuchuadaniel]

How bout Jason smell

[LiamAtRandom]

Now, if only I had a Mac.

[muskndusk]

MS Word has more features than most users realise. Learn how to use it properly, especially the outline and master document feature.

I'm a pc user: is there any equivalent of Scrivener for the pc?

[notatnik150]

That's because they NEVER had planes-silly! Had not been invented!!

[notatnik150]

Classical authors from the past never had or needed all of this gimmickry!

[betomachadocom]

they also didn't fly on planes when they wanted to go to another city.

YOUR POINT?

[thebeaglebeagle]

This was sharp, Jason. Nice job. I've been trying to compare Storyist, Storymill, and Scrivener... I'd love a more detailed Pros and Cons of each program in an article somewhere... but you did a great job showing off a bunch of tools.

Also, I'd never heard of Freedom. A good wrap-up to your reviews. ;-)

[spankmeyer]

I've been meaning to do it for 3 years now. But I am determined to do it this year - and funnily enough discovered Scrivener last month and am learning to love it's unique way of writing - editing my 'scrivenings'.

[divine0dude]

Wow this is really useful, I might need this in school since Im having exams this year... Btw do all/some the apps also go with WinXp? Because I Dont have a mac yet, since it was new and really expensive in my country when I was getting my pc...

[macworld]

@IMPMAC: Word is very much focused on creating business documents and formatting them for print-out, which isn't quite the same focus as planning and writing long-form stuff. You can totally write a novel in Word, but I think there are better options. -j.s.

[Rion83]

Thanks Jason. Very cool tips.

[juggling4jesus]

I use Celtx It's pretty good and it's free. I't looks a lot like story-mill.

[IMPMAC]

I dont know why MS Word does not have these features, or am I missing something!