Outliner for nonfiction book

Posted by Stephen R. Diamond
Oct 28, 2018 at 06:27 PM

The Sense Editor is the most intriguing product I’ve seen in a long time. I’m reluctant to get into it because I’m not sure I can ever buy it. (My credit card now doesn’t work internationally. When did that bs start?)

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Hi Stephen,
> >I have never actually needed more than nine levels _for writing_, but MS
>Word’s arbitrary limitation has nevertheless been a reason for my
>looking elsewhere for ‘real’ outliners.
> >My own tool of choice for long and complex documents is Silva Elm Sense,
>about which I’ve written here in the past, e.g.
>https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3909/0/sense-editor-recent-updates
> >It’s Windows only, and I hesitate to propose it if you needed it soon,
>as there is currently an issue with its purchasing; see it here in the
>words of its developer, Dave Ewins
>https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/31978
> >I’m using a temporary build provided by Dave, which implements the new
>licensing scheme he mentions, but I assume that this only works for
>existing license holders.
> >That said, I believe that Sense is in a league of its own as a tool for
>developing and working on structured texts.
> >
>Stephen R. Diamond wrote:
>Strange to be looking for something so basic, but it’s still hard to
>>find an excellent one-pane outliner with deep levels.
>>
>>It seems Inspiration 9 is the only real alternative for book-length
>>writing. Am I wrong?