Comments on Existence is Wonderful: Seeking Writer's App for iPod Touch

Scribbler changed to Auteureist, and it is pretty ...

2009-12-12T20:58:43.025-08:00

Scribbler changed to Auteureist, and it is pretty descent given the limits that the programmer is working with. Been using it for two weeks now, since it FINALLY went live.

Here you go

http://auteureist.com/

If you want cheap and to sinc I like both My Writing Nook,

http://www.mywritingnook.com/

and believe it not TRUNK NOTES, this is a personal wiki, and I like wikis...

http://www.appsonthemove.com/trunk/

As to spacejock... I'd love to see that in the IPOD.

I know that I am about to start a MAJOR research project, apart of the fiction that is. So trunk notes will probably serve my purposes quite nicely. Hell using it to keep some notes already for world creation and universe, and since I can go wifi, that is also nice.

Nadin

Looks like what you (and aha, I also) need is an i...

2009-11-08T17:17:52.478-08:00

Looks like what you (and aha, I also) need is an iPhone/iTouch version of fellow writer Simon Haynes' "yWriter5"... (see http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5.html )

Ah well, if I get my hand on an Intel Mac, I might actually build something like that - been wading through hundreds of iPhone apps and haven't found much of use yet other than:

- Carbon Fin's Outiner ($2.99) - has an Online version as well that you can sync your iTouch with - nice touch that.

- FUEditor (free version works pretty nicely - you can send your text to yourself)

- There are a couple of (free) spellchckers, such as ABC Speller (based on "aspell"...)

- If you want to try and write using your finger like a pen, there's a free app "WritePad" now.

- kind of reminds me of when I had a newton, except the iTouch screen is tiny in comparison...

Ah well, guess I will continue the search for writer's iTouch app...

Cheers!

One is under development... http://www.visualnewt...

2009-07-14T21:59:46.434-07:00

One is under development...

http://www.visualnewt.com/Products/scribbler/latest_version.html

And like you I cannot wait. I use the Touch all the time now, so yes, I know what you mean.

This is a bit off topic, but if you are looking fo...

2009-07-11T13:52:02.654-07:00

This is a bit off topic, but if you are looking for guidance in character development, I found that a good book may be:

Elements of Writing Fiction - Characters & Viewpoint
by Orson Scott Card

(link here)

I am not a writer myself, but with this book I could enhance my enjoyment of reading by seeing how the author's craft "works". There were many ideas he pointed out about characterization which I had never noticed before, but which in retrospect I can see are put to good use in many books and stories.

I also liked that instead of just talking about abstract concepts, he gives many concrete examples of his ideas (e.g. different ways to introduce a character's attitudes to the reader).

He also gives a very good explanation of how most readers react to different kinds of character descriptions. This is useful because I may react to characters in a very different or 'unusual' way, and wouldn't realize how other people would react. For example, Card says that some readers have a contradictory attitude - they like characters who are "clever" but do not like characters who are "intelligent". Since I don't share this attitude I would not have realized this, but in retrospect I think he is correct that some readers react this way (some authors make their sympathetic characters very smart, but go to great lengths to make the characters not appear to be intellectual). So, it might be interesting to know that these perspectives exist, even if you would not change your writing to appeal to this kind of reader.

Anyway, just a recommendation (from a non-writer).
- Z

Have you thought of leaving feedback at Apple.com?...

2009-07-07T06:20:47.386-07:00

Have you thought of leaving feedback at Apple.com? If you type in "feedback" in the search bar, you get the direct link to feedback. They are truly responsive when you do that.

Also, not sure if you are a Mac person or not - and this won't help for the iPod Touch - but Scrivener is pretty cool for writing. It keeps everything in one file (character and setting sketches, notes, etc).

You can download a free trial at the site. http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html

Also, author Morgan Mandel writes on the L going home. Ask her what she uses. http://www.morganmandel.com/

And KUDOS for writing! I'm getting back into the fiction zone, writing urban fantasy instead of the typical serial killer novels that are my usual fare.

Good luck and have fun with it! Don't pay attention to "writing rules," or it could stifle your creativity.

I have no iPod app knowledge (I'm still tryng ...

2009-07-06T05:44:15.233-07:00

I have no iPod app knowledge (I'm
still tryng to use a Jornada 728 for writing and notes - and liking it), but thrilled to hear you're
beginning a novel. Go You! Can't
wait to hear more. My first comment, but meant to say earlier:
you shine so brightly out here.
Love your topics and your thoughts.

Larry M.
(writeny)