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Computer program for writers [View all] oneshooter Mar 2013 OP
Celtx is free. Bolo Boffin Mar 2013 #1
Microsoft Word or Open Office DavidDvorkin Mar 2013 #2
Just finished a novel... CherokeeDem Mar 2013 #3
Hey, great links. Thanks! nt valerief Mar 2013 #11
You're Welcome... CherokeeDem Mar 2013 #12
I think a lot will depend on how much formating, insertion of photos, etc., you need to do. Hoyt Mar 2013 #4
Fiction or non? eom littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 #5
Fiction/science fiction oneshooter Mar 2013 #8
Microsoft Word. Publishers are used to working with it. mainer Mar 2013 #6
Liquid Story binder... Agnosticsherbet Mar 2013 #7
I use Notepad. I'm wary of people who recommend more. Chan790 Mar 2013 #9
I wouldn't even have a clue how to access SheilaT Mar 2013 #14
I put my writing on notepad, and now can not find it! oneshooter Mar 2013 #16
Bingo. SheilaT Mar 2013 #17
That reduces the nightmare of formatting PATRICK Jun 2013 #21
yWriter is free. Scrivener is $40. Both are similar. valerief Mar 2013 #10
Check out tvtropes.org. It's a wealth of ideas. valerief Mar 2013 #13
I will try out all of the posters ideas. oneshooter Mar 2013 #15
Poor you! SheilaT Mar 2013 #18
Have you checked out Scrivener? backscatter712 May 2013 #19
+1 on the Scrivener recommendation Old Crow Sep 2014 #23
Welcome to DU cyberswede Sep 2014 #24
Why, thank you! Old Crow Sep 2014 #25
Sounds like the kind if books I like. cyberswede Sep 2014 #26
Open Office is as good as any...and it is free... Lefty Nast Jun 2013 #20
Yarny - it's free, web-based, super easy to use and saves everything to the cloud automatically eShirl Jul 2013 #22
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