{"id":2354,"date":"2011-02-12T16:21:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T23:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2011-02-12T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T23:21:46","slug":"tools-for-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2354","title":{"rendered":"Tools for Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some software tools for writers<\/a>, particularly novelists.<\/p>\n

I have had Scrivener <\/a>installed for months, but I have not used it, because my internal censor says, “Fiddling with new software is not writing.” (Blogging, however, is.)<\/p>\n

Anyone have experience with it? Is it significantly better than Word, Open Office, or anything like that?<\/p>\n

Dave Haxton at MacRaven, <\/em>in a post titled “Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work<\/a>,” endorses the Pomodoro Technique<\/a> for pacing your desk work.<\/p>\n

It’s good, although you don’t need special paper and a T-shirt. I sometimes use a basic wind-up kitchen timer and set in a bookshelf on the other side of the study, where I won’t be tempted to look at it until it dings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are some software tools for writers, particularly novelists. I have had Scrivener installed for months, but I have not used it, because my internal censor says, “Fiddling with new software is not writing.” (Blogging, however, is.) Anyone have experience with it? Is it significantly better than Word, Open Office, or anything like that? 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