Heir of Scars
by Jacob Falling
Copyright 2011-2013 Jacob Falling
Here are some tools I've found very useful in the course of
writing the Heir of Scars novels:
-OpenOffice.org: Probably obvious. This is the best option for replacing MS Office for those who can't afford the latter. It does most of what Office does without as much overhead, and doesn't cost a sous.That's "penny" for the folks at home... or did I dream it?
-Storybook: An open-source program for organizing novels; it's free to download, but a donation is recommended.
-Cmap: A mind-mapping program; helps with sketching out ideas, creating concept maps, family trees... I used it also to map out the points of view/character of narrative focus for each Heir of Scars novel--you'll eventually see why, but not in the first several releases. Cmap is also free.
-Liquid Story Binder: My current favorite toy: a full-service creative writing application, which does virtually everything the above three software pieces do plus much more. LSB is free to try out, but does have a purchase price. I've only recently discovered it, but it has already proven easily worth the cost, though it may be more than most writers need. It has character dossiers, mp3 playlists, photo galleries, storyboards, timelines......... pretty cool.
-OpenOffice.org: Probably obvious. This is the best option for replacing MS Office for those who can't afford the latter. It does most of what Office does without as much overhead, and doesn't cost a sous.That's "penny" for the folks at home... or did I dream it?
-Storybook: An open-source program for organizing novels; it's free to download, but a donation is recommended.
-Cmap: A mind-mapping program; helps with sketching out ideas, creating concept maps, family trees... I used it also to map out the points of view/character of narrative focus for each Heir of Scars novel--you'll eventually see why, but not in the first several releases. Cmap is also free.
-Liquid Story Binder: My current favorite toy: a full-service creative writing application, which does virtually everything the above three software pieces do plus much more. LSB is free to try out, but does have a purchase price. I've only recently discovered it, but it has already proven easily worth the cost, though it may be more than most writers need. It has character dossiers, mp3 playlists, photo galleries, storyboards, timelines......... pretty cool.
-Jacob
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-Jacob's Bio-
acob Falling is an author,
composer, and amateur
J
He is the author of the Heir of
Scars fantasy novel series, and
is also at work on a (somewhat
more) mainstream novel,
several rock operas, and
occasionally a little trailer
You can also contact Jacob at
JacobFalling@heirofscars.com
psychonaut.
music. Film. Not trailer park music, whatever that might
be.
Jacob was born in the US Midwest, has lived briefly on the West Coast, and is now in the Washington DC area, enjoying what many somehow still claim are unusual winters, hurricanes, earthquakes, and freak storms that cause blackouts for millions of innocent victims of this purportedly rogue meteorology.
On only very, very rare occasions, Jacob writes about himself in the third person for virtual dust jackets and author profiles. He once heard that this was either obligatory or charming... likely either an airline magazine or a dream. Or a dream about airline magazines.
Jacob was born in the US Midwest, has lived briefly on the West Coast, and is now in the Washington DC area, enjoying what many somehow still claim are unusual winters, hurricanes, earthquakes, and freak storms that cause blackouts for millions of innocent victims of this purportedly rogue meteorology.
On only very, very rare occasions, Jacob writes about himself in the third person for virtual dust jackets and author profiles. He once heard that this was either obligatory or charming... likely either an airline magazine or a dream. Or a dream about airline magazines.