- Bear River Writer's Conference
- Bouchercon
- DePaul University Writers Conference
- Midwest Writer's Conference
- Screenwriters Expo (now defunct)
Monday, October 8, 2012
Coming Soon - Writers' Conferences
I've attended a number of writers conferences over the years, and will be reviewing the following over the coming months:
Coming Soon: Writers' Magazine Reviews
I've been an avid reader since childhood (thanks Mom and Dad!) and I can't wait to get the latest magazzine to see what the latest trends are in writing, or what my favorite authors are up to. Everyone has different preferences when it comes to magazines and subscriptions, and I'll be evaluating some of my favorites here:
- Carpe Articulum
- Mystery Scene Magazine
- Poets and Writers Magazine
- Screenwriting Magazine
- Script Magazine
- Vogue Magazine
- Writer's Digest Magazine
Coming Soon: Writers' Software Reviews
I've worked intensively with a ton of writing software versions since their inception, and will be writing a detailed evaluation of each of the following over the coming months:
- Character Writer 3.1
- Contour for Windows
- Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Dramatica Pro
- Family Tree Maker 2012 (yes, there's a writing component to this software, and it's great for doing research for your writing!)
- Final Draft 8
- Gorilla 5
- Great Dialogue
- Inspiration
- Life Journal 3 for Writers
- Master Storyteller for DreamWeaver
- MasterWriter
- Movie Forms Pro
- Movie Magic Screenwriter 6
- Movie Outline 3.1
- Outline 4D
- Power Structure
- Power Writer
- Prose Pro
- Quickstory 5
- Save the Cat
- Script It
- Script Wizard
- Storybase
- Story O
- Story Weaver 3.0
- Streamline for Movie Magic Screenwriter
- Truby's Blockbuster 6
- Visual Thesaurus
- Win Journal
- Word Menu
- Writer's Dream Kit
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Welcome to Writers Tools 101!
Welcome to Writers Tools 101! In addition to owning a small business, I'm also an avid writer in my spare time, and I blog about several topics of interest.
As a writer and a technology geek I've invested a lot of time and effort to acquiring and testing out different writing tools, including books, software, conferences and classes, in an attempt to hone my own writing skills. Because I've used almost every piece of software out there that supports the writing process, I wanted to created a blog where I can rate the various pieces of software that I've worked with, and also to get feedback on the software that others use. Since this blog is about writing tools overall, I also plan to rate other things like conferences, magazines, and authors here.
Welcome to the blog!
As a writer and a technology geek I've invested a lot of time and effort to acquiring and testing out different writing tools, including books, software, conferences and classes, in an attempt to hone my own writing skills. Because I've used almost every piece of software out there that supports the writing process, I wanted to created a blog where I can rate the various pieces of software that I've worked with, and also to get feedback on the software that others use. Since this blog is about writing tools overall, I also plan to rate other things like conferences, magazines, and authors here.
Welcome to the blog!
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