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In reply to the discussion: Computer program for writers [View all]

PATRICK

(12,246 posts)
21. That reduces the nightmare of formatting
Fri Jun 28, 2013, 05:38 AM
Jun 2013

Floating underneath Word and all the others is stuff that sometimes you never chose, never was conscious of. Then formatting warts like broken lines, missing rearranged texts, unfixable font differences appear long after you did something you can't remember.

All the book preparations pretty much make it advisable to write first with as little formatting as humanly possible and then you can adapt the same basic manuscript for all the media and do it yourself much easier- as in creating a Kindle e-book with MobiPocket.

However for the sake of my eyes some different view is necessary. Large bolder font and colored background that can be easily dumped. It is always good to hear your work. I guess some people can't hear the sometimes godawful disconnect between written and spoken language. It's often like Jekyll and Hyde.

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Computer program for writers [View all] oneshooter Mar 2013 OP
Celtx is free. Bolo Boffin Mar 2013 #1
Microsoft Word or Open Office DavidDvorkin Mar 2013 #2
Just finished a novel... CherokeeDem Mar 2013 #3
Hey, great links. Thanks! nt valerief Mar 2013 #11
You're Welcome... CherokeeDem Mar 2013 #12
I think a lot will depend on how much formating, insertion of photos, etc., you need to do. Hoyt Mar 2013 #4
Fiction or non? eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 #5
Fiction/science fiction oneshooter Mar 2013 #8
Microsoft Word. Publishers are used to working with it. mainer Mar 2013 #6
Liquid Story binder... Agnosticsherbet Mar 2013 #7
I use Notepad. I'm wary of people who recommend more. Chan790 Mar 2013 #9
I wouldn't even have a clue how to access SheilaT Mar 2013 #14
I put my writing on notepad, and now can not find it! oneshooter Mar 2013 #16
Bingo. SheilaT Mar 2013 #17
That reduces the nightmare of formatting PATRICK Jun 2013 #21
yWriter is free. Scrivener is $40. Both are similar. valerief Mar 2013 #10
Check out tvtropes.org. It's a wealth of ideas. valerief Mar 2013 #13
I will try out all of the posters ideas. oneshooter Mar 2013 #15
Poor you! SheilaT Mar 2013 #18
Have you checked out Scrivener? backscatter712 May 2013 #19
+1 on the Scrivener recommendation Old Crow Sep 2014 #23
Welcome to DU cyberswede Sep 2014 #24
Why, thank you! Old Crow Sep 2014 #25
Sounds like the kind if books I like. cyberswede Sep 2014 #26
Open Office is as good as any...and it is free... Lefty Nast Jun 2013 #20
Yarny - it's free, web-based, super easy to use and saves everything to the cloud automatically eShirl Jul 2013 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author valerief Sep 2014 #27
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