[stylist] Writing Software

[Sarah Clark]

With a 200+ page document, its just hard to jump around. Finding the start 
of a chapter or section in the middle of the book. Or cutting and pasting 
something from one location to another, and then getting back to the first 
location... from what I understand, most of the writing software programs 
allow these things to be done with ease.

I know Scrivener in particular has many features that I would find extremely 
useful for one project or another. For instance, a feature that tracks 
individual characters through the book. (I am not writing novels, but for my 
business related books this feature could probably link together all the 
locations where a particular topic has been discussed, so that I can see 
what I have already said and what still needs to be said.) Also there is a 
feature that allows you to put bookmarks in locations that need to be 
updated in subsequent editions, so that you can easily locate them for 
updating. There is another feature that allows you to attach external 
research sources to particular locations in your document, so that you can 
reach a given part of your document and immediately pull up whatever 
research you used for that section.

These types of software programs provide many features that either cannot be 
duplicated in Word or cannot be done without a great deal more difficulty.

Sarah









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Writers' Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter" <bkpollpeter at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing Software


> Sarah,
>
> What do you mean by complicated? I'm getting my MFA in writing and work 
> only
> with Word. I do all my writing and editing in Word, and I do not find it
> difficult or tedious. So can you clarify your specific issues, please? 
> That
> may help us better understand your concerns.
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Clark
> via stylist
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 1:33 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Sarah Clark <sarah at sarahaclark.com>
> Subject: [stylist] Writing Software
>
> Hi all,
>
> Up to this point I have been writing in Word, but it can be complicated 
> with
> an extremely long document, so I am looking for a better option. From what 
> I
> have read, Scrivener seems to be the most popular writing software. Is it
> accessible with any screenreader? (Jaws, NVDA or VoiceOver for the mac) If
> not, is there an alternative program that is accessible? (I'm most
> interested in Windows based programs since I'm not very good with a mac 
> yet.
> But if that's the only option I'd work on becoming more proficient with 
> VO.)
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
>
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