NaNoWriMo is approaching, and she’s coming fast.
I’m currently plotting a story on my wall, pics to come when I buy some batteries.
Hopefully I can get the NaNo Tracker working and let you see how I’m doing throughout the month.
Wish me luck, and good luck to all of you out there participating!
Got a new iMac. Video below.
Storyist 2.0 has been out for a bit now. I must say I really like it. In a comparison of writing software, I’d have to say Storyist is for Plotters or Formatters.
The application is great for writing. It has a clean interface, and helps you work on whatever your writing and focus.
The strong points of Storyist are the main editor and the different “plotting” sheets.
The main editor is nice and big. It shows you how your text will look when formatted and keeps the text formatted. All text you enter will have a style applied. You can tab through the different styles if needed. This is great in some cases, but some people might feel that it is limiting or distracting. I think it is a strong point if you have a good idea on what you want to create.
The “plotting” sheets are another piece of awesomeness. There are note sheets for characters, sections, and the plot. If you’re a “plotter,” this’ll allow you to come up with some order for your novel. It’ll also allow you to remember the small details. Since you can also view these as index cards in a split-view, it’s quite helpful.
Storyist 2.0 was released. Hooray!
It adds loads of new features. You can find a more complete list here.
Some of the features I’m looking forward to are:
-Full-Screen Mode—Remove the distractions and focus on your writing. The new full-screen editing mode puts the whole screen at your disposal, turning your Mac into a dedicated writing environment.
-Split Views—With Storyist 2, you can split views both horizontally and vertically. You can even nest split views.
-Multiple Windows—Have multiple monitors? Now you can open multiple project windows to take advantage of them.
-Workspace Management—Once you’ve got your workspace set up to your liking, use the new Workspaces panel to take a snapshot for easy recall. The Workspaces panel stores multiple workspace snapshots to accommodate your various writing activities.
-Easier Navigation—New navigation enhancements adopted from Mac OS X Finder let you navigate your project with familiar shortcuts.
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I’m not trying to attack anyone here.
Ulysses is long overdue for a 2.0 release. Features and features have been added. Heck, it’s been on version 1.X for 6 years now. People paid $100 for 6 years of free updates. Sortof awesome if you ask me.
Scrivener has been out since 2007, only 2 years old. Hitting the big 2.0 already. It’s a paid upgrade. Alright, so people only paid $40 for it, and the upgrade will be ~$20, so they’ll spend $60 in total, but think about it. That’s $20 every 2 years. 6 over 2 is 3, times 20 is $60 plus the original 40, $100. About the same price as Ulysses was.
Storyist is also hitting the big 2.0. It too came out in 2007. Only 2 years old. $30 to upgrade, $60 originally, $90 total, almost as much as Ulysses.
Although, I’ll admit, both of those support more file types and styles of writing than Ulysses do. And I personally believe, that people should work in an environment they love, and developers have the right to charge as much as they want for letting people use those environments…
I sortof hate MS Word, but I have to buy it for class. I’d rather pay lots of money to a person who develops software I enjoy using than something I consider an eyesore.
Also in comparison, Jer’s Novel Writer isn’t at 2.0 yet (although it does have a strange numbering system). Jer’s Novel Writer has been around since 2003(?). Not sure about upgrade costs or how the pricing worked… I think it’s $30 no matter what. So if that’s right, then it’s been $60 for people so far (excluding hagglers). Although, it’s very different from those listed above.
CopyWrite is already at 2.something. It’s been out since 2003 as well.
I’d mention StoryMill and WriteRoom, but those ones are also young and already at/approaching 3.X.
I’m just wondering what constitutes a change from 1.X to 2.X or even higher numbers. I know that in some online software, the rule of thumb is 1.X to 2.X if there is a major change to the database and code base. But for software developers, I’ve been told different things. I think the rule of thumb one of my teachers said was major interface changes constitute of 1.X to 2.X change (because the major version number changes usually mean needing to re-learn the software).
Some other people are a tad more crazier saying whole code re-writes are the only reason for 1.X to 2.X changes.
But yeah… I’ve been looking into software and some of their history, and it’s a bit shocking.