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- From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
- Subject: Re: Work in Progress
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.084853.19689@netcom.com>
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- References: <20040@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:48:53 GMT
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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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