Category: Tools
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AI is changing writing
A fellow writer has directed me to an article in The New Yorker by Stephen Marche, “Computers are Getting Better at Writing,” which offers a glimpse into how AI is being used to enhance the writing process. It focuses on an artificial-intelligence application called Sudowrite that can suggest plot direction based on what you’ve already…
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Plot development in Scrivener
Scrivener is a writing environment with extensive flexibility. One of its chief advantages to writers is that it allows you to divide a story or book into its constituent pieces (chapters and scenes), work on them independently, shift them around, and compile the finished product as a seamless manuscript.. This makes it ideal for those…
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Putting yourself in the picture
What was life like in a middle-class Toronto neighborhood in the 1940s? I don’t know, but for a work-in-progress, I need to find out. Yet there’s surprisingly little information available on what is outwardly a banal topic. Enter Quora. If you’re not familiar with it, Quora is a site where you can ask a question…
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A new page collects both books
I have a new landing page, courtesy of Drafts2Digital, where you can view both of my currently published books. I welcome your comments. And thanks to fellow members of Pittsburgh South Writer’s Group, Ron Milanek, for pointing me the way through his Smashwords site.
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ProWritingAid expands tools
I have been a fan of ProWritingAid since I expanded my writing from fundraising appeals to fiction. It was and remains a superior grammar checker, better than Grammarly, which I also use. The developers have added many new tools that move ProWritingAid beyond just a grammar and spellcheck tool to a comprehensive suite of writing…
Lewis, the Scrivener 