Single-pane outliner with inline notes and customisable column

Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 21, 2013 at 09:14 AM

Dr Andus wrote:
>I need to write a 10,000-word
>chapter and I don’t want to run over. I want to be able to track the
>average size and number of paragraphs very strictly, for individual
>sections and for the chapter as a whole. Notebox is just perfect for
>imposing such discipline. I could set up 67 boxes for my 67 paragraphs,
>and it displays the word count for each box, as well as for the total
>column. And there is even a visual progress bar.
> >Finally, I wanted to have my outline in the first column, the notes for
>the outline items in the 2nd one, to write the draft in the 3rd one,
>have notes for the draft in the 4th one, and have any removed text
>fragments in the 5th one.

Another way to describe the above writing process is that it is like writing on index cards laid out on a desk in columns and rows, whereby you can organise your notes in one column and do the writing in another, having blank cards as placeholders and being able to move them freely around.

It is the best implementation of the index card writing method I’ve seen so far. But I still wouldn’t use it for storing a large amount of index cards; wikis are better for that.