JustNotes – selfcoded. Nottingham – The elegant notepad for your Mac. DashNote by Resen™ Book Marketing Mondays: Free Downloads For Authors. Guest Expert: Tony Eldridge One of the popular resources I have on my Marketing Tips For Authors blog is my free toys and downloads for authors list. In these lists, I compile programs that I have found and enjoy using. Best of all, they’re free! I have decided to share the list with the BookBuzzr blog readers today. I have rolled these out in three lists on my blog. List 1 WORD PROCESSORS If you think of MS Word, then you are on the right track. 1. Writer (Word Processor- Think Word)Calc (Spreadsheet- Think Excel)Impress (Presentations- Think PowerPoint)Draw (Vector Drawing Tool- Not in Office)Base (Database- Think Access) The downside– sort of– you have to download the whole suite. 2. Novel, Screenplay and Play mode for easy formattingBuilt in note pad to keep notes while writing your bookOrder and print multiple files (ie, chapters in separate files)Find/Replace feature that can work over multiple filesAutomatically creates a manuscript cover page with title and word and page count 4.
150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively. It doesn't matter if you're a student or a professional writer: there's always something new to learn and ways to make your writing more refined, better researched, and more effective. Writing is essential for students who want to succeed, whether they're enrolled in one of the top online colleges or an Ivy League university. As essential as it is, learning to write well isn't easy. The best practices for writing and research can sometimes be subjective, and the finer points of syntax and style often take a backseat to looming deadlines and strict citation guidelines. Luckily, there are many helpful resources that make it easier to build on your existing skills while learning new ones.
Blogs These blogs can help you learn more about the profession of writing, brush up your skills, and even see what it takes to get a book published. Copyblogger: On Copyblogger, Brian Clark offers tips on how to improve the content, marketing, and business of a blog. Business and Legal Matters Genres Rhetoric. 100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves + Natives (Part 2) | Ozge Karaoglu's Blog. CogDogRoo - StoryTools. 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story (return) Note! 50+ Ways is no longer being updated here but over at the new site for 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story-- It has more organizational features and includes ways for you to add content to the site once you join the new wiki.
Below you will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Again, the mission is not to review or try every single one (that would be madness, I know), but pick one that sounds interesting and see if you can produce something. I have used each tool to produce an example of the original Dominoe story, plus links are provided, where available, to examples by other people. Please share your own examples or thoughts in the discussion area of this wiki.But before rummaging around the toolbox, have you done your prep work?
Do you have your story idea or presentation concept outlined, developed? Slideshow Tools 2. 3. 4. "RockYou! 5. 6. 8. 9. pictobrowser.