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Writer's Blocks: The Easiest
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Description
What
is Writer's Blocks?
Writer's Blocks is a Windows program created
to assist you with the development and organization of written material.
Screenplays, books, speeches, and research papers are just a few examples of
what you can develop with Writers Blocks.
Writers Blocks provides you
with text blocks that you can use to develop the structure of your written
material.
We all know it is far more effective to organize a document's
information before we actually begin to write. But traditional word processing
programs that only display information in a linear fashion provide little
support to the organization process.
Writer's Blocks unique design -
part word processor, part spreadsheet - solves this dilemma. The program
manages information in a series of sizable blocks that can be arranged in
columns representing separate topics. When compared to traditional word
processors, Writer's Blocks allows you to more quickly capture, visually
organize, and evaluate far more information, both under a given category
(down), and in different categories (across). Whether you write complex
documents or just work with large amounts of related text information, Writer's
Blocks will revolutionize the way you work!
Enhance Your Productivity
Simply put,
a Writer's Block is a container that holds text. Each block can be used to
enter an idea, scene, point, etc. Like using electronic note cards, Writers
Blocks allows you to easily and efficiently manipulate ideas. Unlike ordinary
paper note cards, Writers Blocks lets you easily edit, arrange, re-number, and
print your blocks.
Story
Development Made Easy
Writer's Blocks will help you develop and
organize your story ideas faster than ever before. With Writer's Blocks you
enter each scene or story element on a separate Writer's Block. Arranging your
blocks with drag and drop ease, you can quickly and easily organize your story
into a coherent outline.
Powerful Yet Simple
While Writer's
Blocks is powerful, its also very easy to use. Its intuitive and consistent
interface means you'll be productive from the start. Whether you're writing a
screenplay, novel, article, stage play, speech, or research paper, you'll be
more productive with Writers Blocks!
Organize your Story with Ease
Brainstorm in a free form style then organize your story. Develop your story
structure by arranging your story elements under user defined column headings.
Set Block font and color attributes for each block. Set the column attributes
too.
Features to Simplify
your Life
Writer's Blocks powerful features such as Auto Arrange
let you concentrate on getting your story out of your head and onto the page.
Use the AutoCenter feature to pan the currently selected block to the center of
the viewing area automatically. Use the Auto Number feature to renumber your
story outline every time you rearrange your blocks
The Power Panel
Edit the title and
body for each block directly on the block or in the Power Editor. The Power
Panel with its Power Editor and Power Tools allows a magnified view of the
currently selected block for quick preview or editing, even if the block is not
visible in the viewing area.
Flexibility to Fit your Style
View
and edit your blocks in either the Block or Outline Modes. Print a "blue print"
of your story. Export your story outline to most popular word processors in
standard ASCII format.
The
Right Tool For the Job
Customize Writer's Blocks to fit your
writing style. Set and save default title, font, and color preferences for
blocks and columns. Whether you outline by the scene, page, or chapter Writer's
Blocks can accommodate your personal style.
New Features in Version
3
Writer’s Blocks was originally designed as a place to
start writing. You would create your outline and then export the outline to
your word processor where you would complete your project. Writer’s Blocks
3 is now the place to start and finish your project with the addition of a
built-in word processor.
New Manuscript Panel is a full-fledged word
processor
With the addition of the Manuscript Panel, you can now
complete your project with your notes available, all a single program. By
selecting the new option to Convert Blocks to Manuscript, your block
information is converted to a word processing format. You can then split your
screen and see your blocks on the left and your manuscript on the right. There
is an adjustable vertical split screen bar that lets you control how big the
block and manuscript panels are.
Your manuscript contains Blockmarks
that are links to your original blocks. If you like, you can work only in the
Manuscript Panel and reference your original block text by double-clicking on
the Blockmarked text. Click anywhere on the Blockmark to have your original
block pop up in a small text window.
The Manuscript Panel includes many
popular word processor features such as bullets, numbering, tables, borders,
grid lines, page breaks, text highlighting, as well as headers and footers.
Blocks-to-Manuscript Conversion
After you
complete your outline, you can transfer the contents of your blocks to the
manuscript panel and begin writing. The title and text of each block is
transferred to the manuscript panel. The title of each block becomes a
Blockmark indicating a separate section of your manuscript.
Manuscript-to-Block
Conversion
You may also convert your manuscript into blocks. The
function is useful with importing information from other programs.
Blockmarks
Link blocks to sections of your
manuscript using Blockmarks. With AutoScroll on, clicking on a block scrolls
the manuscript to the corresponding section. Conversely, clicking on a
Blockmark in the manuscript pans the corresponding block to the center of the
block display area when AutoCenter is turned on.
Synchronize
manuscript
Rearrange your manuscript simply by rearranging your
blocks. Blockmarked sections of your manuscript can be re-ordered based on the
new locations of your blocks. Turn on AutoNumber to renumber your Blockmarks
each time your manuscript to synchronized.
Blockmark pop-ups
When
editing your manuscript full screen, double-click on a Blockmark to display the
contents of the corresponding block in a small window over your manuscript.
Format
individual words/text
You can now format individual words or
characters within a block. Each paragraph within a Block can be left, right and
center justified. You can also set margins for each paragraph within a block.
Column Insert
and Delete
You can now insert and delete columns in your Writer's
Blocks documents. There is also a new 'Select All Blocks in Column' function to
help you move blocks from one column to another.
Greater control when adding new
blocks
You can now add a block to a particular column by
clicking on the column heading before adding a new block. Holding down the
Shift key when adding a new block will allow you to drag the new block to a new
location immediately after adding the block.
Greater block capacity, greater text
capacity
Writer's Blocks now allows you to create hundreds of
blocks each containing several pages of text.
Power Panel displays formatted
text
The Power Panel now displays fully formatted block
text.
Delete
multiple links
You can now continue deleting links until you are
done.
Mouse
wheel scrolling
You can now use your mouse wheel to scroll
through your document. Rotating the mouse wheel pans the display area
horizontally. Depressing the mouse wheel while rotating the wheel will pan the
display area vertically. You can also scroll vertically by holding down the
Control key while rotating the mouse wheel.
Right mouse click
functions
Right clicking over the text area in a block will
display the Edit menu. Right clicking over the border of a block will display
the Block menu. Right clicking over the display area will display the Display
menu. Right clicking over the manuscript panel will display the Edit menu.
Progress
Bar
A progress bar displays the percent complete for many
functions such as Open, Save, Print, AutoSize, Search and Replace, and Block
conversions.
Drag-and-Drop Text
You can now drag-and-drop
text between blocks or any Windows program that supports drag-and-drop. This
capability is very useful when collecting information from other sources such
as your internet browser.
Drag-and-drop Blocks
You can drag-and-drop
blocks between open Writer's Blocks files.
New Export Formats
You
can export your outlines and manuscripts as Microsoft Word, RTF, HTML, and
plain text formats.
Import New Formats
You can import Microsoft
Word, RTF, HTML, and plain text files into the Manuscript panel.
Don't Split Blocks during
Printing Option
Writer's Blocks now has an option to not print
partial blocks on a page. If the entire block does not fit, then the block will
be printed on the next page.
Display Page Breaks
Writer's Blocks can now
display page breaks in Block Mode.
Leveling To Page
You
can now arrange your blocks so they fit on one page vertically, using as many
horizontal pages as required.
Leveling to Blocks per Column
You can still
arrange your blocks by specifying the number of blocks are column by using the
leveling function with "Don't Split Blocks" turned off.
Set Background Color of Block
Display Area
You can now customize the background color of the
block display area.
Improved Printing
Writer's Blocks now allows
you to print with greater control to a variety of paper sizes. The Print
Preview screen now allows you to use your mouse to zoom and scroll with your
mouse wheel. A ruler and grid have been added to Print Preview to assist with
accurate page formatting.
New Toolbar Buttons
Writer's Blocks contains
new toolbar buttons including: Add Block, Block Panel, Manuscript Panel, Split
Panels, Home, End, Arrange, Level, Renumber, and Resize.
Manuscript Ruler
A
ruler allows you set tabs and margins for individual paragraphs of your
manuscript.
Status Bar
The Status Bar displays the
current page number, line number, cursor column, and zoom setting of the
manuscript.
Headers and Footers
Create and edit
manuscript headers and footers using the Header/Footer Toolbar.
Bookmarks
Block bookmarks allow you to quickly jump between blocks, panning them to the
center of the display area. Writer's Blocks now supports an unlimited number of
bookmarks.
View Blocks as Outline
To display and edit
your blocks as an Outline, use the View Blocks as Outline function. Changes
made in Outline View are reflected in your blocks.
View Outline as
Blocks
After editing and formatting in outline view you may
convert it back to blocks using the View Outline as Blocks function.
AutoType
The AutoType feature is a word completion function that learns
as you type. Any word that all ready appears anywhere in your document will be
automatically completed the next time you enter the first few characters of the
word.
AutoScript
The AutoScript feature assists you
when writing a screenplay, automatically formatting your script in the standard
submission script format. Use the popular Tab and Enter key script formatting
system along with pop-up slugline, scene, character, and transition lists to
format your script.
Spell Checking
Writer's Blocks now contains a
new, larger dictionary. Add words to your own custom dictionary. The 'Spell As
You Type' function offers word suggestions for misspelled words using a pop-up
menu.
Thesaurus
The Writer's Blocks thesaurus
offers synonym for the currently selected word.
Word Count
Count the
number of blocks, words, characters, paragraphs, and lines in your blocks and
manuscript.
KEY
BENEFITS
• Increased Productivity - Writer's Blocks
lets you capture and arrange your ideas easier and faster than ever before.
• Better Organization - Writer's Blocks lets you store
all of your story ideas in one place. Each scene or point is captured in its
own block for easy manipulation. All of your blocks are displayed in the
document workspace for easy reference.
• Faster Outlining
- Writer's Blocks lets you capture your ideas at the speed of thought.
Brainstorm to capture your ideas, then arrange them later. Because each block
can hold up to 5 pages of text, you're free to let your ideas flow. You don't
have to write your notes in code so they'll fit on an index card or Post-It
note.
• Better Structure - Editing you blocks is a
breeze. Each block is like a tiny word processor document. When you are ready
to structure your story, just drag and drop your blocks under column heading
that you define. Use the AutoArrange and AutoNumber features to keep your
blocks in neat rows and columns as you flesh out your story.
•
Story Overview - Writer's Blocks gives you the big picture. By
highlighting key scenes and points in your story, you can analyze the structure
and pacing of your story. Has your protagonist been off screen for too long? Is
your story balanced? Writer's Blocks helps you keep you story on track!
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Testimonials
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"Writer's Blocks 2.0 has refined an already
impressive tool that continues to make life a lot easier in the process of
organizing, analyzing and digesting scripts. It's visually elegant and also
simply a lot of fun to use." - Wes Craven, writer & director,
"Scream"
“...a truly visual way to map out any story. Unlike any
other product I've ever seen. Extremely useful.” -Laurence Dworet,
Screenwriter, “Outbreak”
"I have used WRITERS BLOCKS for
a few years now...and on quite a a few movies. I can think of no better way to
organize ideas, scenes, characters, and dialog lines. WRITERS BLOCKS allows me
to shift the order of my material, restructure it....and still permits me to
look at the entire movie in one large overall view. That's an invaluable tool
for a writer." - Bob Boris, Writer/Director of “Oxford Blues”,
Writer/Director of “Frank and Jesse”
"I just love
Writer's Blocks. Here's why: Writer's Blocks is the first serious application
for professional writers since the invention of the word processor. Word
processors automate part two of the writing process: the actual writing. Now,
at last, Writer's Blocks automates part one of the writing process: the
thinking, note scribbling, list making, outlining and re-outlining that occurs
before the word processor gets cranked up. Writer's Blocks let's you fill your
monitor screen with resizable, sequentially numbered electronic index cards,
each a mini-word processor that can hold an unlimited amount of text. Block out
a screenplay scene by scene, a book chapter by chapter, a magazine article
paragraph by paragraph, even a speech section by section--and do it faster than
ever before. Rearrange the blocks endlessly. When dragged and dropped, their
numbers automatically re-sequence. Toggle between block and outline views for
two ways to see the logical progression of your ideas. I love my word
processor, but it forces me to view documents sequentially, not concurrently,
as my real desktop permits me to do. Writer's Blocks lets me see and rearrange
10, 20, 30 or more little notes at once. ...I find that incredibly useful to be
able to do on my PC." - Neil Chesanow, Author/Editor, “Where I
Live”, New Woman Magazine
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System
Requirements
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WINDOWS
486 PC or higher (Pentium
recommended)
Memory: 16 MB RAM
Disk Space: 17 MB
CD-ROM
drive
Operating System: Windows 95/98/ME/XP or higher
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Writer's Blocks: The Easiest
Way to Organize Your Story Ideas
Ashley Software |
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List. price:
$149.00
Your Price:
$119
You save:
$30.00
Item #:
ASHWB-001
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