Questions tagged [software]
Computer programs intended for writers. Questions involving the use of particular programs, or requesting recommendation for software that will help in a particular task.
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Can a semi-experienced writer, freelancer or entry administrator use AI writers at work?
There are premium AI software everywhere, which could help businesses to expediate their work. Do businesses allow their employees to use AI writers even if they have good English skills? I am just ...
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Story Planning Software
Because of the size of the task, I find it hard to start planning a story. I think that software for planning stories would help me, but I couldn't find any free software for this purpose. I need one ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in Final Draft to change an element into a dialogue?
In Final Draft, when I paste in text into the editor, it defaults to an action.
If I select the text or put my cursor on a spot in the text, I can go to the menu and choose "Format > Change ...
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How to set up page view in Scrivener?
I'm editing a screenplay in Scrivener and would feel more comfortable if It was in page view, but it isn't. The obvious solution is to go into "File" - "Page Set-up" - "A4&...
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Are there any Scrivener hotkeys for screenplay formatting?
Perhaps we can start on the same page: Scrivener is super, super, super crummy. Unfortunately for me, I've imported a complete screenplay that was a Word document into Scrivener, and now I need to ...
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Is there a useful program for writing outlines of a text?
I would like to write a detailed structured outline of a certain topic, for organizing my ideas. "Structured" means that the outline should end up looking something like this:
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Is there a software for writing story with a timeline and event and character [duplicate]
I am looking for a software who have a timeline which can have event in it, items, character and a manuscript and if there is item and magic/skill it's even better
i can't afford to pay for using a ...
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Can Word be put in Writing Mode?
I think the title of this question deserves some explanation.
For a number of reasons I am using Microsoft Word, Office 365 version.
I subscribe to the writing versus editing technique. I clear my ...
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Is there a map generator for space?
https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/
I found this fantasy map generator that's very cool and useful, but I want one that allows you to generate a map for the universe. I am not sure if ...
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How to organize memoirs for a biography?
I'm about to start organizing someone's life story to eventually send to a biographer to write a book and would like some suggestions on how to start and organize the process, please.
As they are ...
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Scrivener, footnotes are missing/misformated when compiling to PDF (Windows 3; V3.0)
I'm creating a novel in Scrivener 3.0 that makes heavy use of footnotes. In recent compile tests on a chapter, I'm finding that on one page the footnotes are being displayed laid on top of the text at ...
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Any programs useful for writing?
I was wondering, which programs would you recommend for writing. Whatever they possess general functions to correct your texts and grammar, and/or functions specific for storytelling/worldbuilding (...
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OneDrive keeps moving my Scrivener project to the Recycling Bin
My Scrivener is linked to my OneDrive and recently, I've been experiencing an annoying issue. Every time I close my Scrivener project on Windows, I receive a notification from OneDrive saying the file ...
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Software to track multiple protagonists, bios, and timelines
This will probably be hard to explain so I'll list off what I'm looking for.
Software that allows me to have more than one main protagonist. My story has five main characters and the POV switches ...
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Is there a better search engine than Google Book for book citations?
Is there a better search engine than Google Book for book citations? When I try to search for a particular phrases, Google give me a lot of empty results, and not only that but they keep giving me ...
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Is there a good way to organize chapters with Open Office Writer?
I've found I'm writing some of 20+/- page documents that are of publishable quality. How can I organize them into chapters in order to keep them organized better than in a single document.
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Any resources for writing in Anglish?
"Anglish" is a variation on modern English that avoids or replaces all words that have non-Anglo-Saxon roots.
I'm working on a story where I'll need to convert a lot of dialogue (just for a ...
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Software for organizing blocks of text within files
I'm looking for a simple program that takes as input text files, allows me to tag them on a relevant paragraph or subsection, and combine those tagged text snippets in files corresponding to each of ...
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Are there any tools for writing Wiktionary articles?
I am evaluating tools and platforms for a one-way dictionary project. One possibility is to expand an existing Wiktionary, but rather than creating and editing entries with its markdown. I wonder if ...
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SharePoint Visual Studio Workflow Only Works The First Time [closed]
Hoping someone has some direction on solving the following issue.
I have a workflow, which changes the name of a SharePoint document based on the selected content type ID.
The workflow is set to run ...
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Striking statistics on the SOLID principles
I'm writing an article about software quality and SOLID on Medium. I want to add statistics (reports, surveys etc.) to strengthen my article. For example;
According to research of company X, the ...
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What is the most environmentally safe medium of modern storytelling?
As an aspiring storyteller, I have a lot of stories that I wish to tell. I say storyteller because I am still not sure as to which medium of storytelling I should pursue, be it books, comics, or ...
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A BibTeX for Reference-Style Links in Markdown?
Both Daring Fireball and Markdown Guide suggest that in Markdown writing, reference-style links can be put at the end of the document (say) or right after the reference is made. My question arises ...
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Similar words/phrases random generator
I recall using a website where a user could input a set of words or phrases and the website would generate similar words or phrases, which "felt like" (but didn't repeat) the original words/...
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Software for Typing Scanscion [duplicate]
Is there software specially designed for typing scanscion symbols synced with the words below them?
In Word for example, inserting a 2 x 1 matrix , and increasing the column incrementally for each ...
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Scientific Journal
What are some other equivalents to a journal like SoftwareX where one can submit the methodology and codes used to solve a research problem?
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Equipment for an Environmentally Friendly Writing Group
For many years, I was a member of a wonderful writing group where members met weekly, bringing multiple copies of their latest chapters for peer review. We would sit in a coffee shop and take turns ...
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What is the best way to move a regular writing workshop online?
Given the ongoing efforts to reduce close personal contact with others due to COVID-19, I am seeking suggestions for the best way to conduct writing workshop groups online. This is usually a physical ...
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Screenplay Writing Software for Apple OS X
I'm looking for Screen Play Creation Software for Mac OS X that doesn't require internet access. What options exist?
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Collect comments on a draft document online
I am writing a collective report and I need to collect comments on the final text. I know that there is a free Google Docs option for that and it is fine. But I would like to find a tool that would ...
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Are there any free offline outlining tools?
I'm looking for a tool, that lets me enter and rearrange plot points into an outline and link them to other events and storylines in a graphical way.
Traditionally done with post-it's on a whiteboard....
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What's a good, multi-platform writing app? (that's not Google docs or Evernote)
Sorry if this question has been asked a lot
I've been writing for a year now and have used both Google docs and Evernote and found them both to be lacking
Google docs: I'm a writer who likes to flit ...
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Two footnote numbering sequences
Inspired by this question, a more complex question: how can I have two simultaneous sequences of footnotes?
For example, suppose I am translating a book. The book contains footnotes, numbered in ...
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Simplistic word editor suggestions needed
I am looking for a minimalistic word editor for my creative writing. Basically I would like something like the “notes” app on OSX just with the option to save your writing as a separate file. Does ...
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Good ways to sort "rambly" notes?
I know there is a name for this kind of "writing", but I just can't think of it at the moment. Basically, most of my notes are endlessly long ramblings that can go from one place to another in a ...
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Linux command line based Word Processors?
I am on the hunt for software options that may have gotten drowned out in my google searches by emacs, vim, and wordgrinder to use as a word processor in a Raspbian Terminal environment.
The goal has ...
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Which tools are recommended for writing/authoring with? [closed]
I have to following tools available, looking for other options.
Microsoft Word
Sublime Text Editor
Atom
Visual Code
I'm a Software Engineer, who is interested in writing.
Thanks in advance.
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Need Android app for my memoir book [duplicate]
I've watched about 4 videos on YouTube about top apps to write books, but these videos don't explain anything about memoir-writing. I would like an app that can sync to a cloud, preferably OneDrive, ...
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Software for developing a resource
Looking for software recommendation.
I am hoping someone can help me, I am developing a book for children that covers mental illness and I want it to be flexible based on demographic or personal ...
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Why am I getting a strange double quote (“) in Open Office instead of the ordinary one (")?
Why am I getting a strange double quote (“) in Open Office instead of the ordinary one (")?
Every time I type the double quote, I get the weird version instead of the ordinary one. How do I get the ...
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Software for Reading Playscripts?
I recently wrote a play and wanted to know what it sounded like before I showed it to the director, actors and so on so forth. Hence I was wondering if there is a software that just simply narrates my ...
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Is there an online tool which supports shared writing?
I want to write a short story (and maybe later a book) together with a colleague from work.
Is there an online service which we can use to do this in a convenient way?
Useful features would be (not ...
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Foreign words break spellchecking
I am writing a text with a lot of foreign words, and MS Word complained that there were too many ‘errors’ and stopped checking spelling. Is there a way to force spellchecking? (Short of creating a ...
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Does IDE-like writers' software exist?
This question is somewhat inspired by Is there a need for better software for writers?
I'm currently using Google Docs for writing, and it's a great tool: simple enough, has some nice features, cloud-...
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Does software exist to easily markup technical documents as audio scripts?
Inspired by this question: Is there a need for better software for writers? I have an IDE¹ related question about software that can assist writers.
Is there a tool to (easily) turn technical ...
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Is there a need for better software for writers?
Software developers don't ever work in text editors, instead they use IDEs (integrated development environments) full of code assistance tools, etc.
Why don't writers use similarly advanced writing ...
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How can I generate paperback book from iBooks Author?
I'm starting to write a book and I am considering to use the iBooks Author app since I tend to like Apple products. Through my research, I learned I can publish it into iBooks, export it for iBooks or ...
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Outlining A Novel - How do you make it less of a slog?
I've seen this question asked before but many years ago and no doubt much has changed in terms of software.
I find that a book comes together much faster and with a more coherent structure if I ...
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Modern Markup for lengthy novel suited for self-publishing
I wrote a lengthy novel using a program I wrote.
This produces a suitable LaTeX source I can use to generate a nice-looking PDF.
Markup, beside customary division in Part/Chapter/Scene, is used to ...
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Why is the standard screenplay format just plain ASCII? Why don't use LaTeX or Word?
I'm just curious. I don't know anything about screenwriting and I see scripts online have only one format and they are all plain text. Why don't they use LaTeX or Word? It will look nicer and the ...
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