scrivener is a good and accessible drafting app. It has a built-in tutorial that will help with the learning curve.
> On Apr 21, 2015, at 5:38 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Guies, > > I have a couple of questions. First off, I don't think this will completely > become a success quickly, as I fully understand that a lot of work goes into > this, most likely even way more than I right now anticipate. No doubt, I'll > have a long road ahead of me, if I'm really serious about doing this, but I > am strongly considerring writing an autobiography about myself, as well as > maybe also writing some very short children's stories for young readers. > > My first question is, I'm usually OK with coming up with plot summaries, > however keeping things straight in my head isn't always the easiest for me > once I have the plot decided. I understand that Microsoft Word's latest > preview has become more accessible with Voiceover, and I also totally get > that Pages is great for writing documents. I'd not be surprised if it will > even let you create document outlines. There may even, and probably is, a > template that I could even work from. Before I even begin writing, I know > that the first step is going to obviously be to get familiar with the > software which I'll be using to write my material. So, firstly, what I'd > like to ask you all is, aside from Pages and Word, are there any accessible > software applications out there for the mac which are specifically designed > not just for word processing, but more with the emphesis on author > publishing? Like something that would let me weeve together an outline on > one sheet, maybe a table of contents on another sheet, maybe a rough draft, > etc. then basically be able to go through and consolidate all the different > elements that in the long run would make up my final draft into a single file? > > Again, I know that a good word processor could do this since all I'm really > doing is typing things up in the first respect, however if there was an app > that could help me keep things organized and could maybe even make > suggestions along the way of things I could perhaps include or improve upon > to make things flow better, that would be helpful. I know that a lot of it > is within the tallent of the author, but surely there has to be something out > there that can at least make the process easier. I heard of something, but I > just don't recall the name of it, nor do I know if it was accessible. > > The second thing is, once I *do!* get the book into its final draft stages, > yeah, I know, we'll cross that bridge when I get there, but generally > speaking, what's the best, easiest, and cheapest process to go about > uploading my book to be approved by Apple for inclusion within the IBooks > store? > > I know there are a few people on this list, Maxwel Ivy I think is one of > them, who are full on authors. So, I'd like to hear from all of you guys, > but if anyone has actually either written their own material, or has editted > the works of another author and could give me some pointers, I'd be very > interested from a software standpoint to know what needs to happen here to > get the ball rolling on this. Yes, I am definitely open to learning a new > software, as long as it's not too terribly difficult per sé. > > Thanks for the help. > > Chris. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
