Today I'd like to talk about the tools we use.
As writers we all use our imagination and our brains. I know
many writers use a laptop, desktop or other computer to put their words in
order. But what other tools do you use?
I’d like to share with you a tool that I use that I was
lucky enough to find early on in my writing career. yWriter.
yWriter
is a free application created by a programmer who also happens to be a
writer. You just know you’re going to
get something useful when an actual writer has put the application together.
And you certainly get a tool worth using. I’m grateful to have found yWriter when I
did. Back when I started writing, every
writer I met wrote in order, sequentially, from beginning to end, in Word. When
I started writing, my thoughts and ideas came to me in a jumble. I would know how I planned to end the story, I’d have a single character’s name and large
chunks of dialogue. None of it showed up
in my brain in any order that I could manage.
I certainly couldn’t put all this information in a Word doc without
losing my mind.
I remember hunting online for something, anything, that
might help. I remember someone
mentioning yWriter, and I immediately sought out the website.
Simon Haynes created yWriter to help with his own
writing. And I bet it’ll help yours
too. Check it out. Try it out.
It’s FREE. And if you really like
it, support Simon by purchasing one of his books. Hal Junior: The Secret Signal
or his Hal
Spacejock series.
What tools do you use to get your writing done? What tools do you wish you had?
