Useful Technology and Tools for Writers1 min read
Here is a collection of links to software that you may find useful when writing:
Software
- Scrivener (~ $40 – professional writer’s software)
- Scapple (~ $15 – simple mind mapping software)
- MS One Note (free – super powered organizer)
- Novlr (~ $10/ month or $100/year – online writer’s software)
- Evernote  (cloud storage for notes, clippings, lists. etc)
Kickstarters and Other Crowd Funded Ventures
Card Decks
- Writer Emergency Pack - This is a deck of 26 cards which is looking to help get you unstuck from writer’s block, to help get you inspired and thinking about your plot and characters in new ways.
- Plot Builder (Rebooted)Â -Â This is a deck of 72 cards with 12 cards per category, which has cards for the following:
- Character
- Organization
- Motive
- Method
- Result
- Twist
- Non-Player Cards - This a deck of 300 cards which will help you to build richer and more believable characters. Each deck has cards for the following:
- Names (25)
- Professions (50)
- Relationships (25)
- Personality (50)
- Traits (25)
- Quirks (25)
- Secrets (50)
- Goals (50)
- Game Master’s Apprentice – inspiration or randomization card for gaming or writing. Each card gives you results for character details, NPC backgrounds, random encounters, story seeds and plot hooks such as:
- odds
- various descriptors
- belongings
- catalyst
- random names
- location descriptor
- virtue
- vice