Comments on: Make writing more productive with bookmarks http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/ about the craft and business of fiction Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emily Griffin http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-83868 Emily Griffin Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:03:53 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-83868 I'm pretty sure I am simultaneously in love with you for bringing this to my intention and completely embarrassed for not already knowing of it's existence. Thank you. I’m pretty sure I am simultaneously in love with you for bringing this to my intention and completely embarrassed for not already knowing of it’s existence. Thank you.

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]]> By: Ali http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82687 Ali Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:55:23 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82687 Wow, this is really helpful, Ray, thank you. I had no idea what the bookmark feature in Word even was. I'm in the midst of revisions right now and I will definitely use this tool from here on out. Wow, this is really helpful, Ray, thank you. I had no idea what the bookmark feature in Word even was. I’m in the midst of revisions right now and I will definitely use this tool from here on out.

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]]> By: Belinda http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82684 Belinda Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:43:03 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82684 Great post about bookmarks, Ray! I didn't know anything about this feature. And not to steal your thunder, but I actually posted about how to use the <a href="http://blog.worderella.com/2008/08/how-to-be-a-computer-based-beta-reader/" rel="nofollow">commenting feature</a> earlier in the week. Great post about bookmarks, Ray! I didn’t know anything about this feature. And not to steal your thunder, but I actually posted about how to use the commenting feature earlier in the week.

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82304 Kathleen Bolton Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:02:23 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82304 I love the comment feature, I use that extensively. Some people get my documents with comments turned on, and they have no idea how I did that...so I don't think it's a widely used tool. Maybe fodder for a future post, Ray? I love the comment feature, I use that extensively. Some people get my documents with comments turned on, and they have no idea how I did that…so I don’t think it’s a widely used tool. Maybe fodder for a future post, Ray?

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]]> By: Ray Rhamey http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82294 Ray Rhamey Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:57:10 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82294 If you guys are interested, I have a chapter on using the comment feature, too. I see that some use it, but perhaps not all, and I find it a very useful too. Let me know. If you guys are interested, I have a chapter on using the comment feature, too. I see that some use it, but perhaps not all, and I find it a very useful too.

Let me know.

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]]> By: Heather Reid http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82276 Heather Reid Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:21:07 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82276 Great post! I keep my MS all in one file and this is going to make things sooooooo much easier! Thanks, Ray. Great post! I keep my MS all in one file and this is going to make things sooooooo much easier! Thanks, Ray.

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]]> By: Karen Mahoney http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82271 Karen Mahoney Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:14:19 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82271 This is such a helpful post! Thank you. I can't believe I've never tried this before. I'm going to make use of it when I critique manuscripts, too. If I crit on my laptop, I'll be able to bookmark where I got up to, rather than always having to read to the end of a chapter and write that down. It's strange - I'm supposed to be good with Word, but I've never even investigated this tool before! :) This is such a helpful post! Thank you. I can’t believe I’ve never tried this before. I’m going to make use of it when I critique manuscripts, too. If I crit on my laptop, I’ll be able to bookmark where I got up to, rather than always having to read to the end of a chapter and write that down.

It’s strange – I’m supposed to be good with Word, but I’ve never even investigated this tool before! :)

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]]> By: Satima Flavell http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82262 Satima Flavell Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:17:57 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82262 I find I manage well enough by using Word's outline view a lot of the time. That way I can collapse the sections, chapters and scenes for an easier overview. It does mean you have to use styles, but the whole thing can be turned into plain text later if you're submitting to someone who wants it that way. When I see a bit that needs more research or fiddling, I write myself a note in the margin using Word's "comment" facility. (Thanks to Juliet Marillier for that tip!) But I'll certainly try bookmarking passages as it seems to have advantages, such as being able to give them "handles" for easier navigation. I find I manage well enough by using Word’s outline view a lot of the time. That way I can collapse the sections, chapters and scenes for an easier overview. It does mean you have to use styles, but the whole thing can be turned into plain text later if you’re submitting to someone who wants it that way.

When I see a bit that needs more research or fiddling, I write myself a note in the margin using Word’s “comment” facility. (Thanks to Juliet Marillier for that tip!)

But I’ll certainly try bookmarking passages as it seems to have advantages, such as being able to give them “handles” for easier navigation.

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82220 Therese Walsh Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:22:02 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82220 Thanks for such a helpful post, Ray! Thanks for such a helpful post, Ray!

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]]> By: Aaron J. Walker http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82209 Aaron J. Walker Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:29:34 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2008/08/21/make-writing-more-productive-with-bookmarks/#comment-82209 That's a pretty nifty idea I hadn't thought about in Word. However, like Kristan said, I really need discreet files for each chapter to feel like I am moving forward as opposed to one great big overwhelming beast. Having mutliple files open is not that big a deal to me especially as compared to the intense satisfaction of closing one chapter when it is done and moving on to the next. How I get around it is by NOT using Word to write anything longer than a cover letter. I've found two other pieces of software that are geared specifically for novelist that let you print the folder (regardless of how many sub files) as ONE document. That was very important when I went looking for a more "writer" friendly word processing application. As a BIG disclaimer so you don't think this is SPAM: I am not the developer of these applications nor do I get any financial compensation from them. The second of these two applications I am reviewing for the Tech blog I write for, the first I purchased after researching viable alternatives to Word. They are both equally good in my opinion. That’s a pretty nifty idea I hadn’t thought about in Word. However, like Kristan said, I really need discreet files for each chapter to feel like I am moving forward as opposed to one great big overwhelming beast.

Having mutliple files open is not that big a deal to me especially as compared to the intense satisfaction of closing one chapter when it is done and moving on to the next.

How I get around it is by NOT using Word to write anything longer than a cover letter.

I’ve found two other pieces of software that are geared specifically for novelist that let you print the folder (regardless of how many sub files) as ONE document. That was very important when I went looking for a more “writer” friendly word processing application.

As a BIG disclaimer so you don’t think this is SPAM: I am not the developer of these applications nor do I get any financial compensation from them. The second of these two applications I am reviewing for the Tech blog I write for, the first I purchased after researching viable alternatives to Word. They are both equally good in my opinion.

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