Comments on: The #1 Reason You’ll Never Finish Writing Your Novel

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By: Suzannah

Suzannah — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:56:00 +0000

I tried yWriter before Scrivener, and thought it could probably get the job done, just fine. Scrivener has more bells and whistles, but I think I paid around $40 for it. It’s worth the investment if you have a Mac, but maybe wait until you’ve paid off those school loans!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:30:00 +0000

I definitely agree with the tip to use a writer friendly program. The first time I tried to write something of any length, I used Microsoft Word, and I found myself going insane because of the way it is set up, eventually causing me to abandon the project. Now, I have a free program called ywriter (because I am a poor college student) and it has helped my writing incredibly. I have since picked up the previously abandoned project and restarted it. Because of the program, I can now go into the individual scenes and write short notes about what I want to happen in each, as well as pulling out characters from a master list of characters who are involved in the scene, as well as locations from a list of locations. If someone is not using a program designed specifically for writing something of any length, I would suggest it above anything else.

By: Flip your Self Doubts as a Writer

Flip your Self Doubts as a Writer — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:01:33 +0000

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By: Jennifer Daiker

Jennifer Daiker — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:14:39 +0000

This is brilliant! Honestly what I needed today, I've been behind on reading but you always give the best advice, and today it was exactly what I needed, this week has been rough with writing, because I've been procrastinating! I've spent way to much time wondering where to go from here, what to do, what's misspelled if the scene actually fits where I have it, but no more, I actually wrote 2,000 words yesterday and it was thanks to getting out of my head!!! .-= Read Jennifer Daiker´s last article ..FUN-tastic friday!! =-.

By: suzannah

suzannah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:48:04 +0000

I tried out yWriter and it was okay–got the job done. But sorry, I’m in love with Scrivener! And all things Mac. My husband converted me