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Crawford Kilian (Crawford_Kilian@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:

: For what it's worth, I'm experimenting some more with Storyspace, a hypertext
: writing tool for the Mac, and using it as a muscular outliner. It's working
: pretty well.

I have Storyspace as well. I've been using MORE 3.0, from Symantec, as
a "mega-outliner," to keep characters, plots, locales, etc., all in a
large interconnected tree (the "cloning" feature of MORE allows
"active copies" to be scattered wherever they are needed...a kind of
hypertext wormhole).

If the new release of Storyspace fixes a few nagging bugs, I hope to
use it much more intensively.

: Would any Mac-using writers care to know how I use the machine for writing a
: novel? If so, I'll put together a list of tips; anyone who's got better
: methods, please let me (and everyone else!) know what you're doing.

Please, yes!

My 20 or more books on writing have little to say about using the
newest computer tools to write in new ways. (Those that don't write,
read books about how to write?)

Marc Stiegler wrote an SF novel, "David's Sling," largely in
HyperCard. A few years ago I showed him "ArchiText" (from a
now-defunct Brainpower, so it's no longer supported), which he thought
was a step up from HyperCard. And Storyspace is even more of a step
forward.

(Marc left the Bay Area, so I haven't had a chance to show him
Storyspace.)

I'd really like to hear more about Crawford Killian's experiences with
these tools. Perhaps he can cross-post to alt.hypertext as well?

--Tim May
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