Comments on: yWriter – A Word Processor For Creative Writing

By: KR

KR — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:37:27 +0000

Not sure if you’ll see this Nemu or if you’ve figured it out, but you just need to export characters. It’ll create a file for them. Then go to a new project and hit import characters. Bam. All done.

By: Nemu

Nemu — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:15:58 +0000

just a question. is there any way i can re-use characters in a story? from a previous story that is, without having to copy and paste/type everything all out again.

thank you for reading.

By: Thom

Thom — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:56:44 +0000

Scrivener is a really good OS X app. I used it when I ran a Mac. I am hoping yWriter fills the void I feel in Windows right now without Scrivener.

Also you may want to try out Story Mill by Mariner Soft. That is another really good app.

Scrivener is $40 and Story Mill is $50. Both have a demo you can download that is basically the full program for 30 days. That way you can check out which you like more and guarantee it’s what you’re looking for.

By: Andraz Tori

Andraz Tori — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:26:42 +0000

Hi,

Zemanta actually has an API and an eager developer can easily integrate it with Word… we’d be very happy to help him.

bye
Andraz Tori, Zemanta

By: Renton

Renton — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:36:32 +0000

Thanks for this one, guys! Really awesome piece of software. You deserve a beer.

By: Easter Ellen

Easter Ellen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:01:38 +0000

Does anyone know of a similar program (hopefully not to pricey) for Mac. I would (if anyone knows of) appreciate suggestions for any tool that you may use for shorter items such as poetry as well as novels.

Thanks in advance,

Easter Ellen

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:49:20 +0000

Simon, thank you for the suggestions. I’ll look into those packages.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:47:55 +0000

Plat, “constructive” criticism would be more helpful than just criticism. Having said that, I’m not tied to MS Word. In fact, I’d prefer a portable solution (running from my thumb drive). I have made use of a nice outliner called the Guide (http://theguide.sourceforge.net/) and this is very helpful for creating my initial outlines for any writing project. What I’m looking for is a tool to assist me in pulling together external pieces.

Zemanta (http://www.zemanta.com/) has what I’m looking for, but I’m not blogging. I write, then submit to my tech editor (thus the need for MS Word). So, any ideas?

By: Plat

Plat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:06:12 +0000

Sounds like too much using MS Word for making up for the lack of true crital thought. Creative writing is too subjective, unless you don’t mind going without an income. A good writer does not need a crutch.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:06:32 +0000

yWriter is for fiction, but there’s another app called yEdit2 on my site which has the same autobackup feature and also has a countdown word counter. (E.g. set it to 1000 words and type until it hits zero.) Might be of interest to article/non-fic writers.

Sonar is also useful to fiction and non-fic writers – you can add markets and pieces of work, then track where you’ve submitted them, what their status is, whether you’ve sold them, etc.

They’re both free to download and use.

Thanks for the yWriter review by the way… much appreciated.

Finally, bear in mind you can use yWriter as a sort of project manager for multiple pieces. Just create ‘chapters’ and rename them to whatever category you like (travel, sports, etc, etc) and then use ‘scenes’ for the actual articles, with a summary in the description field. I use yWriter in this fashion for all my short fiction.