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Pacwriter
Unity Member
Post Number:
2667
Registered: 04-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 09:10 pm: |   |
I took a look at various "novel writing" software. I came away with the same conclusion - ain't worth the effort
anybody else???
http://www.perrycomer.com
http://throughablindeye.blogspot.com/
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Stephen Lodge
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
303
Registered: 06-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 05:06 am: | |
novel writing software along with scriptwriting software are computer games for talentless people.
http://stephenlodge.com
Novels by Stephen Lodge:
"Charley Sunday's Texas Outfit!"
"Nickel-Plated Dream"
"Shadows of Eagles"
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Tom Elkins
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
581
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 06:42 am: | |
They're a substitute for brains and imagination.
Tom Elkins
NORTH of TEXAS
www.authorsden.com/tomelkins |
Bill Nelson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2420
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 09:56 am: | |
"novel writing software along with scriptwriting software are computer games for talentless people.
They're a substitute for brains and imagination"
This would lead me to believe you guys don't use knives and forks when you eat!
How about, toliet tissue, an automobile, packaged meat from the grocer, synthetic materiel in clothing,an electric stove, a dishwasher (no, not your wife), or any other labor saving device.
Did you ride a horse to school, five miles through the snow?
Do you hate progress? Do you wish things were like they used to be?
Jeeze, what a pair of old fuddy-duddies.
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Pacwriter
Unity Member
Post Number:
2668
Registered: 04-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:18 am: | |
make it 3 Bill
I've looked at the stuff - downloaded - installed and played with it. If you outline, create characters etc. - such tools could be helpful but if you are telling a story, geez it really gets in the way.
by the way, I like my double-layer potty paper, I gave up sears-roebuck and corn shucks last year
http://www.perrycomer.com
http://throughablindeye.blogspot.com/
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Bill Nelson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2422
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:56 am: | |
See, three old fuddies...
Anti-progress. "We've always done it that way?" they cry as they compose their
manuscripts with a quill, using a candle for light. No wait, they use computers!(Hemmingway would be so ashamed). Maybe there is hope for them after all.Maybe they don't really mean it! Maybe their lumbago is acting up today and they just feel ornery.
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Pacwriter
Unity Member
Post Number:
2669
Registered: 04-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:57 am: | |
okay, so you use the software - how, why and what?
http://www.perrycomer.com
http://throughablindeye.blogspot.com/
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Bill Nelson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2423
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 11:58 am: | |
I used Final Draft for screenplays, simply because I'm too lazy to format them.
It's just another word processing program. if you use Word (and you do), it's no different.
I also use Stylewriter for editing. It has helped immeasurably to correct some basic flaws in my writing. I like it a lot. They are coming with a new addition in January 07 and I probably will get it. It's alleged to be designed specifically for fiction. |
Stephen Lodge
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
305
Registered: 06-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 03:56 pm: | |
Formatting programs are fine for screenplays, I've used one (Scriptware) for years (after formatting my own scripts for what seemed like forever). But how hard is it to format a novel? You sit down at a computer (or as some well-known writers do - a typewriter) and write. What I think is dumb are these programs that come up with ideas for stories, plot points, etc. That's probably why PA has so many kids who think they're writers. That comes second to the teachers who tell kids today that they can be anything they want to be, and still let them spell words like they sound without correcting them.
http://stephenlodge.com
Novels by Stephen Lodge:
"Charley Sunday's Texas Outfit!"
"Nickel-Plated Dream"
"Shadows of Eagles"
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Bill Nelson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2427
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 04:02 pm: | |
I totally agree, Steve. They think the programs will make them instant authors. Those are the ones Perry was referring to, I'm sure.
As aids, some of them are okay, but they can never replace what's between
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Stephen Lodge
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
307
Registered: 06-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 08:50 pm: | |
Wait a minute. I have nothing between my ears.
http://stephenlodge.com
Novels by Stephen Lodge:
"Charley Sunday's Texas Outfit!"
"Nickel-Plated Dream"
"Shadows of Eagles"
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Bill Nelson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2428
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 09:37 pm: | |
That's why it can't be replaced. Nothing exists in a vacuum.
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Tom Elkins
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
582
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 08:28 am: | |
Are you accusing me of being old? How dare you.
Tom Elkins
NORTH of TEXAS
www.authorsden.com/tomelkins |
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