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Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 21, 2013 at 09:10 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
Another list of writing software:
>http://stubbornwriter.com/writing-software
I’ll paste in the list here as well for the record, in case that page disappears one day…
Book Writer
Character Writer
ConnectedText
CopyWrite
Dramatica Pro
Editor
FocusWriter
Jer’s Novel Writer
Liquid Story Binder
MacJournal
Momentum Writer
NewNovelist
Nota Bene
Outline 4D
PageFour
PaperToolsPro
Power Structure
Power Writer
Quick Article Pro
Q10
RoughDraft
Scriptito
Scrivener
Storybase
Storybook
Storybox
Storyist
StoryMill
Story Wizard
StyleEase
StyleWriter
The Writer’s Software Companion
Ulysses
White Smoke
Wizards4Word
Word Menu
WriteItNow
Writemonkey
WriteRoom
Writer’s Blocks
Writer’s Cafe
Writer’s Workbench
WriteWay
Writing Outliner
yWriter
Posted by Hugh
Sep 21, 2013 at 01:41 PM
Bean - sadly - should be added to the list of those no longer being developed.
Posted by Hugh
Sep 21, 2013 at 01:45 PM
Hannibal Hotkey wrote:
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.
OneNote works reasonably well in this role. See also http://davidhewson.com/2012/12/28/making-onenote-and-word-partners-in-writing/
Posted by MadaboutDana
Sep 22, 2013 at 12:16 PM
I’d also add the very nice “Texts” (currently at 50% discount), which is a rich-text editor that actually produces Markdown files. There are desktop clients for Mac and Windows, as well as an iOS client. Unusually, you compose text in a rich-text window - it doesn’t bother you with all the markup code (unless you want to see it, of course).
I’ve started using it to interact with the many Markdown editors and files I keep on my iPad (my current favourite for fast Markdown: 1Writer, by the developer of the lovely minimalist to-do manager 2 Days).
While it’s not specifically optimised for “writers”, it fits very well into a writing workflow, as does Editorial for iOS.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Sep 23, 2013 at 10:35 AM
The other nice thing about Texts is that it allows you to open multiple windows very easily (SDI, not MDI), so you can have multiple ideas for stuff open simultaneously (for example, I’m currently drafting ad copy for an Alpine resort with various ideas scattered over all three of my screens - yeah, sorry, I unabashedly use three screens and would totally recommend AOC’s Portable USB Monitor to those interested in doing the same - 15” of goodness powered solely by a USB port. Hey, listen, Terry Pratchett uses SIX screens!)
Vastly superior to WriteMonkey, IMHO. I have to admit I really dislike WriteMonkey - for a super-minimalist app it manages to be really awkward to use. Texts, by contrast, behaves precisely as you’d expect.
The iOS app does need work, though.