This week I want to introduce you to yWriter software, which I use
to write all my books. It’s free software, created by a writer, which helps you
to outline and write your novel. It’s produced by Spacejock Software, and
available here.
The Blurb on Their Website says:
If you're just embarking
on your first novel a program like yWriter may seem like overkill. I
mean, all you have to do is type everything into a word processor! Sure, but
wait until you hit 20,000 words, with missing scenes and chapters, notes all
over your desk, characters and locations and plot points you've just added and
which need to be referenced earlier ... it becomes a real struggle. Now imagine
that same novel at 40,000 or 80,000 words! No wonder most first-time writers
give up.
I say:It’s a great way to organise writing your novel.
You begin by setting up chapters, and scenes within each chapter. Each scene has
a title, point of view character, and a description. This is the detail of your
outline. Then you write the contents of each scene. It’s simple to rearrange the
work – you just drag scenes into other chapters, or create new scenes or
chapters.
There is also the facility to analyse elements of each scene. A separate tab
records whether the scene is action or reaction, plot or subplot, timings and
status (Outline, draft, 1st edit, 2nd edit or done). Of course, it takes more
than two or three edits to polish a novel, but it does help to keep track of how
much work you’ve done on different scenes.
You can also list and describe characters, objects and places, which get
linked into the scenes in which they appear. This helps you keep track of them
and you can easily look up the details if you forget whether someone’s eyes are
supposed to be brown or blue.
There are various reports to enable you to list just headings, descriptions
or the whole contents to work on, and to transfer the novel to Word or whatever
word processor you use.
It’s easy to use and it’s free. What more could you want? Sorry, you have to
supply the inspiration.
Ann Marie Thomas is the author of three medieval history books,
a surprisingly cheerful poetry collection about her 2010 stroke, and the science
fiction series Flight of the Kestrel. Book one, Intruders, is out now.
Follow her at http://eepurl.com/bbOsyz
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