Has anyone here ever used any of the novel-writing software out there?

[SheilaT]

4. Thank you.

I see that Writer's Cafe has a free trial version, and I'm going to check it out.

I am old enough that I am a big fan of the old stuff, like printing out hard copies and making corrections directly on them, stuff like that. I keep on wishing I had space where I am to set up a table to lay out my writing, because I'm very visual, and that's the sort of thing that works for me.

The other thing I'm exceptional bad at is actual plotting. Story or novel ideas are incredibly easy to generate, at least for me. But where to go with them, what the eventual plot should be, almost always eludes me. So I can do a semi-decent job of writing a short story, and can come up with ideas that are clearly novel ideas, but then I get stuck.

I also think I need to attend a few more writing conferences to help me out here.

Thanks again.