Need to send an excerpt to a publisher? The Options button can help you select the right chapter and get the file into the right format to send along to an editor.
The “Options” button under each tab has the ability to Save, Load, Export, Create or Sort. How cool is that? It has helped immensely in keeping my target audience in focus when writing a series of how-to ebooks, and has helped me break out of the more simplistic how-to writing rut when switching to my novel. That’s correct! WriteItNow2 will analyze what you have just written and give you a synopsis that tells you what the age level your writing is currently appropriate for and how difficult your piece is according to the words used, length of sentences, sentence structure, grammar and also uses the Flech-Kincaid grade assessment scale as well. When you are in a tab, “Edit” is your faithful friend, offering you word count, spell check, grammar check, cut, copy, paste, insert, find, replace and my personal favorite – the Readability button. Under each of the tabs you will find three more function buttons – Options, Edit and Links. There are arrows that move you from chapter to chapter, formatting buttons to align your text and whatnot that have the standard appearance similar to those on Word and Word Perfect as well as a nice in-line undo/redo feature and section-ready help button. You start and name each chapter using the chapters tab, and do your writing for each chapter under the chapter tab. If you are writing a work of fiction or non-fiction long enough to require chapters, you place your main book or story title in the Overview section along with your author information, then move to the Chapters tab to begin writing.
You can type your entire piece in the Overview tab if you are writing an article, short story, review, non-fiction or other type of story that would not require chapters. The tabs are under the menu bar and include Overview, Chapters, Characters, Events, Locations, Ideas, Notes, Charts and Submissions. Selecting “Help” gets you a tip of the day, a contextual help menu or a regular indexed help menu – both searchable.Ģ) The Tabs. Under “Setup” you can unlock the software after registration, change your background, font, font format, font size, adjust your clock settings and toggle spell check from US to British English (there were versions offered in other languages at time of purchase, but I purchased the English version). Under “Export” you can Export your story to a txt file, html file or rtf file format. Under “File” you can Save, Save As, Load a Story, Start a New Story, or perform a Global Find/Replace.
There are four items on the menu bar: File, Export, Setup and Help. WriteItNow2 does the tracking for you.ġ) Simple Interface. No more trying to remember that obscure macro you found once that told you how to track theme in a story. No more scrolling up and down the many pages in your document struggling for continuity. That makes it incredibly easy to keep track of where you are headed in your piece, what your notes are, title names, characters, plot points – it’s all laid out for you in easy to see tabs. Instead of the straight laced, straight line interface of Microsoft Word and Word Perfect, WriteItNow2 uses a Java-based tab system to enhance your focus on your writing. That’s right – full functionality as a word processor, plus features specific to writers, for under $40. If you are a true Microsoft Word or Word Perfect devotee, read no further – you won’t appreciate that WriteItNow2 does everything they do and more for under $40. If you are a writer who has been stuck using Microsoft Word, the behemoth of all behemoths, to do your writing, you will jump for joy over WriteItNow2 by Ravens Head Software.
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