tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post113446720653855146..comments2023-06-01T19:03:42.636+08:00Comments on Simon Haynes: Why yWriter is essential to meSimon Hayneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1287586283624024452009-08-16T22:15:36.957+08:002009-08-16T22:15:36.957+08:00I'm working on finalising a book I've been...I'm working on finalising a book I've been working on since, oh, 2004 or so. The reason it took so long was because I felt it wasn't working in third person, and wanted to rewrite it in 1st. (The protagnist is a psychopath who finds himself on the side of 'good' quite by accident. In 3rd person people weren't getting 'inside his head' and forgetting he isn't a nice or good person.) I felt like I was sinking, as you describe.<br /><br />I installed yWriter yesterday, and I'm flying.<br /><br />But I do miss the footnotes. Also, a way of visually keeping track of the timeline without lists of numbers would be nice. I have a condition simmilar to dyslexia, but for numbers. A tree of some sort in the main window would work much, much, better for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779541335933832841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1134784577139883972005-12-17T09:56:00.000+08:002005-12-17T09:56:00.000+08:00I know exactly what you mean Simon - I wrote my ow...I know exactly what you mean Simon - I wrote my own editor, Amanuensis, which had a treeview outilner because I couldn't seem to work with outlines in Word :p Actually, I wrote Amanuensis for my wife but as I wrote Amanuensis, my own novel took shape and was finally done. For the final edit I switched back to Word since I need footnotes and Word had that and while I could have implemented it in Amanuensis, it would have ruined the look I'd become used to :p Now I'm planning the rest of my novels in MindManager which does give me a lot more freedom as far as structure and links go and it also converts over to Word (somewhat) easily. So I've shelved Amanuensis for the moment but like you, I might find that I just can't get along without it once I start writing :pFahimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261629080210727059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1134603599423230032005-12-15T07:39:00.000+08:002005-12-15T07:39:00.000+08:00I'm going to give yWriter I go again. I was confus...I'm going to give yWriter I go again. I was confused last time I looked at it, but the program seems much easier to use now - probably because I read the help file this time :) I did a mock beginning to a novel this morning and everything went great. Thank you Simon for all your programs - I use Sonar and the e-book reader the most but have tried all of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1134577156601327422005-12-15T00:19:00.000+08:002005-12-15T00:19:00.000+08:00I have five levels of 'need additional work', rang...I have five levels of 'need additional work', ranging from Outline to Final, and I use them all. I use placemarker scenes with a brief description of What Will Happen and mark them as Outline. When I write the scene I upgrade it to Draft. Next pass through it moves to 1st Edit, and when I'm completely happy with it I mark it 2nd Edit.<BR/>After I've complied with the editor's suggestions and proofed everything I upgrade the scene to Final.Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1134576255068620372005-12-15T00:04:00.000+08:002005-12-15T00:04:00.000+08:00Wow, that sounds like so much extra work! I don't ...Wow, that sounds like so much extra work! I don't have any problem keeping things straight in Word. I don't ever have finished "scenes." Either the whole book is done or it's not. Some parts might need more additional work than others, but I mark those with "xxx" and then just use the search function to find them. <BR/><BR/>Maybe we should all start writing in longhand with knife-sharpened pencils....David Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545973293679502714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1134525770786914012005-12-14T10:02:00.000+08:002005-12-14T10:02:00.000+08:00Re: fonts. You can choose the font in the yWriter ...Re: fonts. You can choose the font in the yWriter editor window. I know style is selectable, and I'm pretty sure size is as well.Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1134510571950678992005-12-14T05:49:00.000+08:002005-12-14T05:49:00.000+08:00I love yWriter. I haven't yet finished the novel t...I love yWriter. I haven't yet finished the novel that I outlined in yWriter. I do have to go back and forth between Word and yWriter, but that's actually a pretty small price to pay for a good outlining tool.<BR/><BR/>Plus, for me, the conversion isn't such a big problem because I write the first draft longhand, so I can keep the outline and the draft separate until I'm ready to start actually editing.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for making this tool available, Simon.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-1134498960624307962005-12-14T02:36:00.000+08:002005-12-14T02:36:00.000+08:00I'm having a similar problem. I switched to MS wor...I'm having a similar problem. I switched to MS word because I like to be able to double space and underline, but now I'm converting all the files back to use in ywriter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com