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Originally Posted by Harper Kingsley
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Does anyone know of a program that does everything and isn't super expensive?
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Hi Harper, et al,
sadly, I know of none
Your process seems laborious, but changing might upset your equilibrium. Google "novel writing software" and you'll get a fair few alternatives, with two "Top 10..." pages, one of which only has 7 entries, but they obviously thought that was close enough. (The scientist in me would rebel at that, but it takes all kinds, I guess!
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As far as being compelled to go forward all the time, it would bug me terribly, and I wouldn't be able to continue for long, but a dear friend of mine said she loved that part of LSB, and bought it rather promptly. Also, when I was studying, I was told to write and keep writing, and not go back and edit. It took me a while but I got to 85,000 words in around 6 months. A lot of it rubbish, but I could work on it afterwards and get editing on what I had. It builds discipline, if you keep gong forward and you end up with a story. Of course, with my typing it may be incomprehensible, but you can't have everything.
The software I have (and recently moved away from) helped place some very useful tools at my disposal, and because I have much of the day to write, I can make some good progress - 20k words in around 2 months. Again it needs work (particularly since I decided to change the tense and POV), but things are going well, and I think the plot is standing up to scrutiny. So I'm relatively happy.
Cheers,