Questions tagged [tools]
Tools include any physical devices or artifacts used in the writing process, as well as software tools (which should additionally include the Software tag). For questions regarding process, methodology, or organization, use the Technique tag.
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are manual/electric typewriter receptive to script readers and agents?
I've put in a lot of time sharing my scripts on a blog by scanning my hard copies. Note, I never upload the entire script and I usually just compose scenes and sequence length material. Does it really ...
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A Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen intermittently stops working
I've been using a Pilot Metropolitan pen with an F nib and a screw pump converter cartridge which was included with the pen for quite a while, and for all this time it has been intermittently stopping ...
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Comparing two files for similarities not differences (inverse-diff)
I need to compare two documents for common sentences and phrases. I cannot, however, find a tool that does this, and I have tried so many at this point: Word, Acrobat Pro, Araxis Merge, BeyondCompare, ...
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How can I optimize the story tags of my Kindle Vella story?
How do I know what are the best story tag words/phrases to use?
I want to "drive" potential readers to my Kindle Vella story. Kindle Vella's web says very little about this.
If feels like ...
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What's the best way to visually sort data about characters?
I have a couple of characters that I want to group together on multiple pages. Each could be about different information.
Another example would be, with 1 page for each period of time.
Year 1: Alive:...
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Are there some ways to use wiktionary to find related terms more easily?
https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=500&offset=0&profile=default&search=insource%3A+ship&ns0=1
I was trying to use insource to find all terms related ...
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Can Word be put in Writing Mode?
I think the title of this question deserves some explanation.
For a number of reasons I am using Microsoft Word, Office 365 version.
I subscribe to the writing versus editing technique. I clear my ...
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Thesaurus for metaphors?
I have been managing with only thesaurus dot com when yearning to add layers in my work, but it and all the other thesauri(?) I have tried exhibit a fatal flaw: they lack quality metaphorical synonyms ...
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Is there a map generator for space?
https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/
I found this fantasy map generator that's very cool and useful, but I want one that allows you to generate a map for the universe. I am not sure if ...
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How to organize memoirs for a biography?
I'm about to start organizing someone's life story to eventually send to a biographer to write a book and would like some suggestions on how to start and organize the process, please.
As they are ...
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Any programs useful for writing? [closed]
Which programs would you recommend for writing? Whatever they possess general functions to correct your texts and grammar, and/or functions specific for storytelling/worldbuilding (characters, places, ...
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Is there a better search engine than Google Book for book citations?
Is there a better search engine than Google Book for book citations? When I try to search for a particular phrases, Google give me a lot of empty results, and not only that but they keep giving me ...
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Kanban Board with protagonists as employees
In my professional life, I am a software engineer in a small agile company, and we use kanban boards to track the developers activities, like that:
Succumbing to my latest urge in creative writing, I ...
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Free Gallery of Human Faces [closed]
I am working on a comic book script right now. Nothing of my draft (except dialogues) will be read by readers; the only purpose of my draft is to narrate the story to my friend, the illustrator.
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Visual collaborative platform to plan a book
I have searched and found some tools for writing, but I need a platform to be able to plan a book - can anyone point me in the right direction? This is for a group of people who want to plan and ...
