Hey there,
I should have mentioned that my mother wants to write a book.
Ah, I can help with that! Below is a list of what I use and/or
downloaded. I've archived quite a few other writing-related programs
that I can no longer find online, so I didn't recommend them here. I
use some of them currently, and others I haven't tried out yet. I'd
have to check their EULA's carefully to make sure I can distribute
them, and am willing to do it if anyone asks.
Book Format Software
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/reynolds.christchurch/
I haven't tried this one.
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Software that takes a text file and formats it to print books.
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Musings v2.0
http://www.grimsoft.com/products.htm
This one is registerware, but free to use, and I love it.
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Musings© is a tip-of-the-day style program that presents the user with
inspirational quotes about writing, as well as creative writing
exercises meant to awaken the muse within.
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NameGenerator
http://www.niclasforsell.com/old/software.htm#name
I use and like this one.
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A easy-to-use program that makes names. Ideal if you can't come up
with a name for your dog, cat, fish, child or just anything that needs
a name. Press a button and NameGenerator makes 100 names and shows
them on the screen. Press print if you want to print them. You can
also change the length of the names, if you like. The latest version
of NameGenerator is 2.11
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RoughDraft
http://www.rsalsbury.co.uk/rd.htm
Probably the best freeware word processor for writers. I use and love
this one.
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RoughDraft is a freeware word processor for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT,
2000 and XP. Although suitable for general use, it has features
specifically designed for creative writing: novels, short stories,
articles, plays and screenplays. It's designed to be as practical as
possible, offering all the features you need, but without being
complicated or awkward to use.
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Sandbagger's Automated Manuscript Management Software (S.A.M.M.)
http://www.sandbaggers.8m.com/samm.htm
I've never tried this one.
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Writing is a wonderful, creative, liberating activity. Tracking your
submissions is just the opposite. On this page we list some links to
free programs you can use to ease the burden.
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Sonar
http://members.iinet.net.au/~simonh/spacejock/index.html
I've never tried this one.
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This program will track your short story or article submissions. Who's
got each story? Has an article been sold or rejected? Which stories
are gathering dust instead of earning their keep? That's what Sonar is
for.
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Vizual Einstein Millenium Edition
http://www.aadconsulting.com/einstein.html
I've never tried this one.
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Vizual Einstein Millenium Edition Version 8.0 is the latest upgrade of
Vizual Einstein 32, a revolutionary freeware standalone application
for investigators, researchers, academics, lawyers, scientists,
essayists, students, and writers. Vizual Einstein allows you to
visually develop a project document with notes, headings, subheadings,
and hyperlinks. Vizual Einstein is also Web-enabled and has full
database search functionality. There are many other features,
including bibliography and formatted essay report output.
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Writer's Database
http://www.ultima-thule.co.uk/
I've never tried this one.
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WriteDB is a database system that enables writers to keep a track of
the works they have created, the potential publishers they have
identified and any submissions to those publishers. It allows you to
quickly and easily see what works are awaiting a submission, which
submissions are outstanding, which publishers you have tried etc. etc.
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WriteThis
http://www.theprint.dk/writethis.html
This one is in beta, but I use and love it.
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Welcome to the home of WriteThis, a small freeware tool for writers.
The tool generates writing exercises, based on a set of keywords and
criteria. It can generate characters, locations, items and special
rules, and you - the writer - have a specified number of minutes to
combine these things into a story.
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yWriter
http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html
I tried a lower version of this a long time ago and decided not to use
it (can't remember why). I'm downloading the latest version now, since
many changes have been made, and maybe this version will appeal to me.
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I'm a programmer and a novelist, and yWriter is the result of 3 or 4
years of development. I really struggled over my first novel because I
wrote whole slabs of text into a great big word processor file and
tried to make sense of the whole thing at once. I then tried saving
each chapter to individual files with great long descriptive
filenames, but moving scenes around was a nuisance and I couldn't get
an overview of the whole thing (or easily search for one word amongst
32 files) In the end I realised a dedicated program was the way to go,
and yWriter is the result. It may look simple, but as the author of
three books written with this tool I can guarantee it has everything
needed to get a first draft together.
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