Macworld Video: Novel Writing Tools

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#1 thebeaglebeagle on 11.14.09 at 3:51 pm

This was sharp, Jason. Nice job. I’ve been trying to compare Storyist, Storymill, and Scrivener… I’d love a more detailed Pros and Cons of each program in an article somewhere… but you did a great job showing off a bunch of tools. Also, I’d never heard of Freedom. A good wrap-up to your reviews. 

#2 spankmeyer on 11.14.09 at 4:19 pm

I’ve been meaning to do it for 3 years now. But I am determined to do it this year – and funnily enough discovered Scrivener last month and am learning to love it’s unique way of writing – editing my ’scrivenings’.

#3 divine0dude on 11.14.09 at 5:01 pm

Wow this is really useful, I might need this in school since Im having exams this year… Btw do all/some the apps also go with WinXp? Because I Dont have a mac yet, since it was new and really expensive in my country when I was getting my pc…

#4 macworld on 11.14.09 at 5:14 pm

@IMPMAC: Word is very much focused on creating business documents and formatting them for print-out, which isn’t quite the same focus as planning and writing long-form stuff. You can totally write a novel in Word, but I think there are better options. -j.s.

#5 Rion83 on 11.14.09 at 5:30 pm

Thanks Jason. Very cool tips.

#6 juggling4jesus on 11.14.09 at 6:06 pm

I use Celtx It’s pretty good and it’s free. I’t looks a lot like story-mill.

#7 IMPMAC on 11.14.09 at 6:50 pm

I dont know why MS Word does not have these features, or am I missing something!

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