Maps e.g., etc.

Posted by 22111
Jun 17, 2022 at 09:14 AM

In my advice re fountain pens - https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/9759/30 - I forgot to mention that I also had a (14k) Montblanc one in those times, which I then resold after some months(’ heavy use) - that one wasn’t good enough either, in comparison with the “149” (as said, 18k); perhaps, they now also offer 18 with other models, but that wasn’t the case at the time.

Since I mentioned StorySpace (149$ plus VAT, so that’ll be near 200€) above, let me also mention Causality, which for the time being - that might change anytime for future versions, of course, but it’s desktop, too, not web, so… - remains free for users who just use its “graphics”, and they are very elaborate, see (among other YT vids) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxzXcKWgzWg - thus, for people who like / need such graphic tools, it may be an absolute “steal”; the developers aim it at screenwriting, but it might come (in the “right hands” then) to splendid use for any fiction writing.

Similar, just the other way round, for “The Novel Factory” (“factory”, ha-ha…), not only for novels, then, but on their “Pricing” page ( https://www.novel-software.com/buy-novel-writing-software/ ), they first ask you, “Are you ready to finally finish the book you’ve been dreaming of?”, in order to sufficiently frame their subscription, since that’s a whopping 75 to 600 bucks (probably plus VAT, and if not, that’ll make YOU a “criminal”, by European Union law) annually, and even about 20 p.c. more than that if you pay per month…

and don’t count about writing more than just ONE novel or whatever for the 75 bucks each year, then you’re automatically in for 198, and don’t count to store more than just a little bit of “materials” within in, since exceeding half a GB (which isn’t anything anymore nowadays) brings you to 600 (or 720 in 12 installments).

We’re clearly in fairy tale country here (“totem”) where women of my age pay $1,000 for a pot of smear (half an ounce) since that would make us “young” again for half of an evening.

But then, it - the subscription, not the smear pot - comes with “The Ultimate Character Questionnaire”, so…