Hypergraphia II

Well, after 3 days of using all of my free time, and some of my not-so-free time, I've written a 10-page outline, character/setting sketches, and 763 words of my novel. Great ... Only 49 237 more words to go.

I was searching around on the internet a few days ago and I found a software that claims to help you write your novel. It's called newnovelist and, intrigued by the idea but not willing to buy it, I researched it. It turns out that newnovelist only helps you organize your novel, with helpful prompts, like "describe your character". Following a good, old fashion, Aristotelian three act plot method, it leads the writer through creating a plot. But, after reading all those reviews, my verdict is that, like more things that claim to do things (make you a better artist, give you extraordinary music skills), this is no more useful than an organisational tool. An Aristotelian plot is easy to create on one's own. Act I, the main character gets chased up the tree. Act II, rocks and sticks are hurled into the tree for the main character to dodge. Act III, the main character makes a graceful descent from the tree. The end.

So, there's the secret to newnovelist. Perhaps I should write my own novel-writing software ....