Sites that help organize your novel

[harpwind]

http://www.storyright.com/

I really like this site for keeping information on outlines, characters, etc.  Has anyone else tried it?

Please  add your own helpful sites for organizing.

[shsteele05]

Don't have any sites to share...but I just wanted to say a huge thank you! I'm going to be using this for NaNo this year!

Thanks!!!!!

Sandy

[pattykay]

Thank you for the link. I am going to try this as it looks better than the programs I have bought.

[justanotherjen]

It looks like a neat site but it doesn't work for me.  It either goes to a black and bright green screen, locking my browser up for over a minute or it won't let me add characters and stuff.  I've tried to add a new character 4 times and it says I added the character but it doesn't show up.  I think I'll stick to old fashioned paper and pen.

[harpwind]

What a disappointment, Jen!  I wonder why it's doing that. :-( 

[DigiScrapLover]

There is a program called ywrite5 that someone in my NaNo REgion suggested I try. I downloaded it and it works very well. You can download a copy from: http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5_Download.html

You can look at all their screen shots and the program has no learning curve. It simply helps you get organized if you need it. 

Also, one of the NaNo sponsors is releasing a copy of their program for Beta Testers on October 25th. Their program for Mac has been running for a few years and everyone seems to love it. I've always wanted to Beta Test a program, so I will definitely get this one, but I don't plan to use it during NaNo...they say it could crash. You can find this information in the NaNo forums: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node/3699389

[justanotherjen]

I used the ywriter program one year.

Problem was it inflated the word count because it counted paragraph breaks as words and I always break between paragraphs and lines of dialouge.

When I figured it out and copy pasted all my text to Word I lost like 3000 words or something (it also counted something else as words that weren't words).  I was ticked.  Not sure if they ever fixed that.

OpenOffice was having a similar issue because of quotations.  Very annoying to think you are so far ahead only to find out you are way behind.

[DigiScrapLover]

I don't know if they fixed it or not - I've not heard of this problem until now. I'll ask around my region and see what everyone else is saying about it.

I had planned to put everything into Word as I finished a chapter anyways. I label them C1-XXXX (word count) so I know where I stand.

I'm having a fit with "preparing" but I think in the end it will all come out in the wash!!

Quoting justanotherjen:

I used the ywriter program one year.

Problem was it inflated the word count because it counted paragraph breaks as words and I always break between paragraphs and lines of dialouge.

When I figured it out and copy pasted all my text to Word I lost like 3000 words or something (it also counted something else as words that weren't words).  I was ticked.  Not sure if they ever fixed that.

OpenOffice was having a similar issue because of quotations.  Very annoying to think you are so far ahead only to find out you are way behind.

[ElleC]

 

Quoting harpwind:

http://www.storyright.com/

I really like this site for keeping information on outlines, characters, etc.  Has anyone else tried it?

Please  add your own helpful sites for organizing.

 I wish I had read this post 3 weeks ago.  I love this site.  Ima use it for my next story.

[PhoenixFire]

I just found a book that lines it all up as assignments. Which is good. I work well that way.

[ElleC]

 

Quoting PhoenixFire:

I just found a book that lines it all up as assignments. Which is good. I work well that way.

 Really?  Whats it called?  I like that idea too