Comments on: 25+ Pieces of Writing Software You Should Know About

By: J S

J S — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:13:39 +0000

@Cragin

Xmind works pretty well for outlining .. starting with a brainstorming map and then output to an outline.

Latest series I’m working on I outputted the text from there and pasted it at the end of the LibreOffice document and write in using bits from the outline or those notes as I chew through the plan.

If you’re using OpenOffice .. check out LibreOffice. I’m finding it’s much more stable and better at coordinating with the latest MSOffice files for collaborating.

By: Susan Cragin

Susan Cragin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:57:00 +0000

For Linux / Ubuntu users, try kabikaboo for organizing information.
Also, consider what format the text is saved in. if I can be exported to something that can create intrinsic outlines (such as xoxo or one of the xmls).
Right now the best intrinsic outliners are all Mac, hence it’s popularity as a writing tool. Nearly everyone I know uses OmniOutliner.
There is no good single-pane outliner for Linux. Sad but true.

By: Janardan

Janardan — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:06:42 +0000

Write Monkey is more powerful and feature rich and can be replacement to Dark Room.

By: flo

flo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:08:32 +0000

Any suggestions for what would be most helpful for me to transcribe my uncle’s diaries (from 1922 to 19520) and extract the different threads – his illness, home life, the weather, the cars he loved, ladies he loved, his career as a draftsman designer before, during and after the war, the places he lived, etc? (UK)

I also want a timeline, and want to be able to select threads at specific periods and see how they relate to each other – eg where he lived, and what his career was at that time.

I am not ready to decide how to use the text yet, whether just as research for a piece of writing, directly in a kind of script, or what. I just don’t want t type it all out and then find I should have used a certain sort of programme, when it comes to using it.

Any suggestions would be most gratefully received.

Many thanks

flo

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:22:18 +0000

Scrivener is now available for windows, also.

I use that, and I also use Yarny when I’m traveling, so I can still keep organized. GetYarny.com, I believe. Free.