Writer’s Thought for the Week: Being a writer is like having
homework every night for the rest of your life.
~ Lawrence
Kasdan
TWO WAYS TO ORGANIZE
Whether I’m researching
for my nonfiction work or sorting out details for my “someday novel”,
organizing and reorganizing notes and information can be tedious. I’ve yet to
find the perfect answer, but here are two options I’m exploring. Both have
versions for Windows and Mac.
Evernote
is free software that lets you
save notes, audio, images, and web clippings. It automatically synchronizes
between your computers, iPad, phone, and the Web. You can even access your
notes from your mobile phone as well as e-mail a note to a special address that
you can retrieve on your computer. You can set up separate notebooks for
different types of notes as well as assign multiple tags to individual notes.
Scrivener is a combination word processor and project
management tool. You can outline, use virtual 3-by-5 cards, structure and
restructure your work using the virtual “corkboard” feature, and more. It even has some
scriptwriting features. Try it using the free download. If you like it, the
Windows version is $40 and the Mac is $45.
How about you? Any tips on
organization you’d like to share?
Deadline July 31, 2012
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