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FICTION

STORY DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
Power Structure

PLOT GENERATOR
    
StoryBase

CREATIVE TOOLS
    
MasterWriter

INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
Writer's Companion

NOVEL FORMATTER
    
Novel Formatter

SCREEN-
WRITING


STORY DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
Truby's Blockbuster
    
Power Structure

PLOT GENERATOR
    
StoryBase

CREATIVE TOOLS
    
MasterWriter

INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
Great Screenwriting
    
Writer's Companion

SCREENPLAY FORMATTER
    
HollyWord
    
Script Wizard
    
Hollywood Screenplay

STORYBOARD SOFTWARE
    
FrameForge Previz

SYNOPSIS FORMATTING SOFTWARE
    
Synopsis Formatter

NON-FICTION

BOOK/ARTICLE WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Wizard of Words
    
Writers Blocks
    
MasterWriter

STYLE/GRAMMAR EDITING SOFTWARE
    
StyleWriter
    
Ghost Reviewer

TECHNICAL WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Technical Writer

ESSAY WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Essayist
    
Essay Formatter

THESIS / DISSERTATION / TERM PAPER WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Wizard for Scholars & Students Special
    
Thesis Writer

INSTRUCTIONAL WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Electronic Writing Course

DIARY/JOURNAL SOFTWARE
    
LifeJournal for Writers

BUSINESS

SOFTWARE FOR EDITING CORRESPONDENCE, MEMORANDA, and REPORTS
    
StyleWriter

BUSINESS PLAN WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Business Plan Writer

A/V SCRIPT FORMATTER
    
Script Wizard

STORYBOARD SOFTWARE
    
FrameForge Previz

TECHNICAL WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Technical Writer

FICTION

STORY DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
Power Structure

PLOT GENERATOR
    
StoryBase

CREATIVE TOOLS
    
MasterWriter

INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
WritePro
    
Writer's Companion

NOVEL FORMATTER
    
Novel Formatter

SCREEN-
WRITING


STORY DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
Truby's Blockbuster
    
Power Structure

PLOT GENERATOR
    
StoryBase

CREATIVE TOOLS
    
MasterWriter

INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro
    
Great Screenwriting
    
Writer's Companion

SCREENPLAY FORMATTER
    
HollyWord
    
Script Wizard
    
Hollywood Screenplay

STORYBOARD SOFTWARE
    
FrameForge Previz

SYNOPSIS FORMATTING SOFTWARE
    
Synopsis Formatter

RELIGIOUS

SERMON-PLANNING / WRITING SOFTWARE
    
SermonBase

ARTICLES / STORIES / BOOKS / SERMONS SOFTWARE
    
MasterWriter Software for Creative Writing and Non-Fiction

SONGWRITING / POETRY SOFTWARE
    
MasterWriter Software for Songwriting and Poetry

SONGWRITING

SONGWRITING / POETRY SOFTWARE
    
MasterWriter Software for Songwriting and Poetry

POETRY

POETRY / SONGWRITING SOFTWARE
    
MasterWriter Software for Songwriting and Poetry

DIARY/ JOURNAL

DIARY/JOURNAL SOFTWARE
    
LifeJournal for Writers

SPEECHWRITING

SPEECHWRITING SOFTWARE
    
Muse
    
MasterWriter
    
Sermonbase

FORMATTERS

SCREENPLAY / TELEPLAY / STAGE PLAY
    
HollyWord
    
Script Wizard
    
Hollywood Screenplay

SYNOPSIS FORMATTING SOFTWARE
    
Synopsis Formatter

BOOK / ARTICLE / DISSERTATION FORMATTING SOFTWARE
    
Wizard of Words

NOVEL FORMATTER
    
Novel Formatter

ESSAY FORMATTER
    
Essay Formatter

AUDIO VISUAL SCRIPT FORMATTER
    
Script Wizard

STORY-
BOARDING


STORYBOARD SOFTWARE
    
FrameForge Previz

BRAIN-STORMING

IDEA-GENERATING SOFTWARE
    
Inventor
    
Inspiration

PUBLIC RELATIONS /
MARKETING


PUBLIC RELATIONS / MARKETING
    
PR Pro

QUERY LETTER WRITING
    
Query Letter Writer / Mass Mailer

PROPOSAL WRITING
    
Proposal Writer

CONSULTING / COACHING

CONSULTING / COACHING SOFTWARE
    
Coach and Consultant

LITERACY

THINKING, LITERACY, NUMERACY SOFTWARE
    
Kidspiration

HOME-SCHOOLING

IDEA-GENERATING SOFTWARE
    
Inspiration

THINKING, LITERACY, NUMERACY SOFTWARE
    
Kidspiration

STORY WRITING SOFTWARE
    
StoryCraftPro

STYLE/GRAMMAR EDITING SOFTWARE
    
StyleWriter

COURSES

GENERAL WRITING SKILLS
    
Electronic Writing Course

FICTION AND SCREENWRITING
    
WritePro
    
Great Screenwriting
    
StoryCraft

MISCELLANY

RESUME WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Resume Writer

LETTER WRITING SOFTWARE
    
Letter Writer

TYPING SOFTWARE
    
Typing Tutor

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The Writers SuperCenter now also handles the Business Software Store of the Hampton Roads Times, the online magazine that serves one of the largest metropolitan regions in the country. (details)

Also, please visit another of our websites, norfolkhistory.com, featuring The History of Norfolk, Virginia:
An Encyclopedia of Norfolk History, Geography, Neighborhoods, Railroads, Roads, Creeks, Cemeteries, Parks, and More


The following software (not mentioned above) is no longer available: Write That Down (file managing software and bookkeeping software for submission tracking, managing writers' proposals, managing submissions, managing projects, and managing contacts), BoardMaster (storyboarding software), InkLink (for selling your writing, proposal tracking, managing contacts, ), MuseNames (character naming software), Biblioscape, and Page 2 Stage -- all are no longer available.

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Writers Software Companion  
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Troubleshooting/Instructional Software
  
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ONLY $49 Always at least $10 less than anywhere else!
 Special: Save $5 for each additional software product you order!

The Writer's Software Companion story troubleshooter software takes you literally from your writing problem to its remedy with a click of the mouse.

If you want to troubleshoot your story...if you want to understand the art of fiction writing...if you want to be as productive as possible in your writing career... then this is the software program that EVERY writer must have!  Perhaps with the exception of a dictionary, this is the most handy writer's tool you'll ever own!

WHAT IS THE WRITER'S SOFTWARE COMPANION
TROUBLESHOOTER SOFTWARE

Created with the collaboration of Writer's Digest "Fiction" columnist Nancy Kress and computer-industry learning expert Terry Boothman, the Writer's Software Companion(tm) is like a tireless writing coach standing by your side, a coach with all the writing and teaching credentials you could ask for.

And this coach troubleshoots the most critical writer's problems, diagnosing thousands of plot, structural, and dialogue problems (see list of topics), finding hundreds of useful documents based on only a word or phrase from you, defining hundreds of literary terms instantly, offering thousands of possible character names, remembering every question you asked it that day (and knowing the answers) . . . and much more.

And it even offers quick Internet access to more than 50 labor-saving and recreational programs that help writers organize, work, play, learn, and get the most from their PC.

MAIN FEATURES

  • Diagnostics: A powerful diagnostic tool that helps with the most common problems for beginning writers such as weak plotting, melodramatic writing, padded prose, poor story logic, missing dramatic question, etc.

  • Key Points: Quick-review synopses of hundreds of writing topics (see list of topics), a bite-sized, predigested summary of the field of fiction writing that radically shortens your learning time.

  • Checklists: Check your work for over 500 technical considerations such as quality of prose, degree of tension, correct use of exposition, etc.  A writing adviser at your fingertips.

  • Quick Studies: Brief, focused, instant-access advice on topics such as conflict, plot, point of view, etc.

  • Columns: Sixty-seven columns on the art of writing published over a five-year period in Writer's Digest magazine, giving you in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the field.

  • Real Samples: Numerous examples of story beginnings, plot structures, dialogue, choices of tone, point of view, etc., drawn from published literature.  See how the experts do it.

  • Hot Words: Instant definitions of hundreds of literary terms.  Just click the mouse.

  • My Notes: Thirteen areas where you add your own notes, a running diary of your thoughts and learning.

  • Literary Terms: A fast-retrieve glossary of hundreds of literary terms, organized alphabetically.  Throw away your "writer's dictionary."

  • Names Catalogue: A catalogue of over 5000 foreign and domestic names for your characters, indexed by both gender and letter of the alphabet.

  • Web Links: A comprehensive collection of 500+ links to Internet sites for writers of every kind, including annotations and detailed descriptions.

  • And much more... including fast Internet access to 57 labor-saving and recreational programs that help writers organize, work, play, learn, and get the most from their PC.

And all these programs are fully searchable in one master search program, allowing you instantly to find any topic covered.  Also, its History feature lets you see all the places you've been in a given session - and return to any location in a single click.  And its Copy feature lets you edit, annotate, and print out any part of the program!

NUMEROUS TOPICS COVERED

  • Abstract vs. concrete prose and description
  • Adjectives and adverbs
  • Arranging scene order
  • Avoiding digressions
  • Avoiding padded prose
  • Basing fictional characters on real people
  • Building setting
  • Building suspense
  • Characters' attitudes
  • Characters' dreams
  • Characters' feelings
  • Characters' thoughts
  • Choosing a structure for your novel
  • Choosing an effective point of view
  • Choosing the best writing class
  • Choosing the right tense
  • Controlling authorial distance
  • Creating tension through contrast
  • Creating unsympathetic characters
  • Creating villains
  • Creating vivid characters
  • Deepening description
  • Editing your prose
  • Everything you need on point of view
  • Finding the right job for your character
  • Finding the time to write
  • Fixing broken dialogue
  • Generating story ideas
  • Getting and keeping the right tone
  • Getting story logic right
  • Handling melodrama
  • Handling sex, violence, and strong language
  • How to keep an editor reading
  • Improving when not actually writing
  • Jump-starting your fiction
  • Line-editing your manuscript
  • Making characters change
  • Making your story work
  • Meaning and depth
  • Middles: getting unstuck
  • Motifs: using extended symbols
  • Motivating characters
  • Moving your story toward a sale
  • Naming characters
  • Naming your story
  • Picking up the pace
  • Plotting
  • Point of view: number and consistency
  • Preparing for the ending
  • Revising your work
  • Showing vs. telling
  • Strong opening scenes
  • Ten commandments for writers
  • The dramatic question
  • The right ending for your story
  • Turning dull exposition into lively action
  • Using brand names
  • Using dialogue well
  • Using flashbacks
  • Using imitation
  • Using setting to devise plot
  • What is a 'good' story?
  • When to break the rules
  • Working with critics and critiques
  • Working with theme
  • Workshops and writers' groups
  • Writing credible prose
  • Writing detail
  • Writing 'Everyman'
  • Writing good sentences
  • Writing heightened prose
  • Writing in complete scenes
  • Writing smooth transitions
  • Writing that second scene
  • Writing with economy
  • Writing with style
  • ...and numerous other topics

REQUIREMENTS

Requires Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, Vista, or higher, or any Mac Operating System; a CD-ROM drive; 4 meg. of hard disk space; 8 meg. of memory (RAM).

A FEW CUSTOMER COMMENTS AND REVIEWS

"The Writer's Software Companion is the best software package I have seen for the budding author. Instead of providing plot skeletons and pushing one to finish a piece, it focuses on learning the craft and absorbing lessons which will be applicable every time one sits down in front of their word processor."
-- Chris Lott, Eclectica Magazine

"I [am] extremely impressed...it's super-easy to navigate, has a friendly interface, and is packed with useful information."
-- Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Editor, Inklings, Newsletter for Writers on the Net

"Rarely will you find the combined professionalism of subject matter expertise and computer-based interactive instructional design in the same product. [This is] a revolutionary system for supporting the on-going growth of learners."
-- Dr. Robert A. Condello, Educational Psychologist

"I think the Companion is . . . a technological breakthrough of sorts. I could have saved myself years of work and an awful lot of money. This is brilliant."
-- Rhea Sugala, new writer

"As a fledgling author, I found the Companion invaluable. It has taught me how to create tension, how to add more drama to the plot, how to decide on a POV, and most importantly, to show the reader rather than tell. It's a great piece of software."
-- Barbara Jean Perkins, new writer

"You get the benefits of a creative writing class but at your own pace, and at your own place...  The Companion is packed full of writing wisdom and humor. It is fun and easy to use, and those two things alone make for faster, more effective learning . . . it is money well spent."
-- Jill Kosmensky, Electronic Writers' Group Magazine

"The Companion supplies a writer's needs in a simple, easily accessible way. It doesn't give you prefabricated plots, characters, or ready-to-wear vehicles for your story-- the Companion provides the type of information you need at the moment you need it, and are most motivated to apply it . . . The user is able to get exactly what's wanted and avoid what isn't."
-- Jackie Jones, reviewer for the NovelAdvice electronic newsletter

"Nancy Kress is one of the most qualified teachers of writing that I've read in (Writer's Digest). This software gives you her expertise in a new and surprisingly creative way. You could learn from it for years."
-- Cynthia Radell, novice writer

"An interactive workshop that can help you improve your fiction-writing skills . . . a writing adviser at your fingertips."
-- Writer's Digest

"The Writer's Software Companion is an incredibly useful resource, and invaluable creative tool."
-- Pure Fiction

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