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| ![NewNovelist 2.0 [Novel Writing Software]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z0sJy8quL._SL500_.jpg)
| From: Creativity Software Ltd
Category: Software
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $54.99
You Save: $5.00 (8%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1110
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Nt
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 98
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5060041250029
Availability: Usually ships in 4-5 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 not useable April 27, 2007
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I agree with the other review who gave it 2 stars. text editor is worthless. No spell check. No word count. whats the point
 Satisfaction Truely Guaranteed January 16, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I purchased this software approximately 1 month ago. It shipped quickly and I received it within a week of purchase.
The layout is simplistic, more of an organztional tool for the scatterbrained among us, rather than one of those restrictive plug-your-own-character-into-a-generic-plot-line programs. I was looking for software that would gently provide me with a loose structure instead of forcing me down narrow alleyways of predicability, and this program does just that.
Some of the previous reviews mention the lack of spellcheck, ability to bold, italicize, etc., but the version I have includes these features. It also includes an audio readback feature which I find extremely helpful with sentence structure and flow.
I can not give this product five stars because in the process of transferring Word files into NewNovelist however, I encountered a bug that caused me to be unable to open a specific saved 'novel' without the program closing inexplicably. While the online help fAQ provided little help, the customer service folks were very attentive and apologetic. Although they were unable to offer me a fix for my specific problem, and assure me this is an anomaly, they did refund my purchase price (including shipping) without my even asking them to do so.
So while I'm a bit skittish to lose any more work should such an error repeat itself, and will no doubt back-up all of my writing with Word, I look forward to giving NewNovelist another shot.
A fine product from a company with an almost unheard of level of dedication to its customers' satisfaction.
One of my Best Online Purchases July 30, 2006
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
I work as a professional copywriter and have a lot of usage of scripts and copywriting material.
I am now thinking of a storyline for a book I want to write and found newnovelist software on Amazon which I thought may help me out.
This software is really fun to work with, and exciting too as it enables me to formulate my thoughts and provides lots of ideas on improving the storyline. I thought I had everything planned perfectly until I started to use newnovelist. I found so many new ways of thinking about the structure and outline of my book and now feel that it has improved my writing immeasurably
Delivery was swift and I sincerely cannot put a price on how much it has helped me with my masterpiece.
I would recommend this software to anyone
D.Broadrick
 Just The Tonic I needed to Boost my Creativity July 26, 2006
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I had been toying with the idea of writing my own Novel for pretty much most of my adult years, but never knew that apart from sitting in a darkened room for a year or so and wracking my brains for ideas and poetic prose all by myself, that indeed there could be such a thing as software to help me actually compose, develop and complete my novel to publishing standard.
Enter - New Novelist - what a brilliant - well thought out and completely revolutionary invention!!!
When I found out that help is out there, I assessed 3 or 4 different types of software that claim to help you write a book or novel. Hands down - I found New Novelist be the Best of The Lot!
The software asked me to firstly outline my characters, their backgrounds etc, then moved onto the setting of my novel, locations and situations, it added critical elements to any thriller such as suspense, suggestions for endings, suggestions for beginnings and truly guided me all the way through my novel. Unbelievably I am half way through a 400 page novel beginning from scratch just three weeks ago. I'm so excited that I've already started contacting publishers to take on my Novel which I am confident of completing within the next two weeks - Thank you New Novelist!!!
If anyone out there has ever used Macromedia Director to create digital movies - you will know the degree of depth that this software goes into to create the perfect masterpiece - Just Imagine New Novelist to be the same thing but applied to writing books - What a breath of Fresh Air!
Good Luck
M.Seth
UK
 It's basically digitalized index cards. April 4, 2006
48 out of 53 found this review helpful
newnovelist isn't worth anywhere near fifty dollars. The story types/categories are extremely limiting and don't even come close to portraying the full range of possible genres that a novel can fall into. Once you finish the "wizard" (which is where you title your story and choose a category) the program isn't interactive at all. There are no prompts and the help is vague and doesn't cover more than the most basic principles of how a novel is structured. You learn more about writing a novel by reading good books than you do from newnovelist's help sections. There's no text/grammar editor. There's not even a spellcheck. The one saving grace is that it does allow you to take extremely detailed notes about every possible element of your novel, and to access them conviently while you're writing. However, it doesn't offer any help in creating a timeline or outline for your story, so there's no real way to bring those notes together. All it has is a universal notes section where you can write your own timeline without any help from the program. It's slightly more convienient than keeping your notes in Windows Notepad and having it minimized while you work, but outside of it's organizational properties, it does virtually nothing. Microsoft Office 2000 offers more in depth and useful advice about writing structure and style than newnovelist does. Because I already have it, I'll keep it just because it DOES help me with my notes, but given the choice again, I wouldn't buy it.
EDIT: I would like to add that when I emailed the people at newnovelist to complain, their response was fast and courteous. They actually went to the trouble of calling me on the phone to remind me that newnovelist comes with a money back guarantee. When I told them that I had done too much work on my story with newnovelist to return it, they offered me a free copy of the upgrade, which is coming out later this summer. They also told me that the 30 day guarantee is basically a guideline and that if I still wasn't happy when they send me the upgrade, I could return both for a refund. I've never encountered a company that took the satisfaction of its customers so seriously. Although I haven't gotten the upgrade yet, I've been told that it not only has a spellcheck and editor, but that it also addresses several other concerns that I had directly. I look forward to using the new program, and I'll come back and let everybody know if it's any better.
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