Why rebuild the wheel? There’s a template for that!

Sep 8, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing

Two of the most popular apps used in fiction writing are Scrivener and Plottr. Scrivener is incredibly powerful and wide-ranging having so many features most authors don’t even use half of them. Plottr is more simple but getting broader in scope all the time. The...

How do you organize your writing?

Aug 28, 2022 | Business of Writing, Life, Method, Writing

I spent way too many hours in the early part of this week playing with a new-to-me program. It’s called Notion and is billed as a place where you can store and keep track of all your notes, calendar, writing, etc. It even has a timeline feature, which I definitely...

Software Follow-up

Jul 5, 2020 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

Two weeks ago I posted a blog about all the different types of writing software. I was inspired to do this by two things: a Reedsy post and their promotion of the software Plottr, which I was convinced to buy for $20 with their special discount, and one person in my...