Story structuring, and much more
Writer's Café is a software toolkit for all fiction writers, whether
experienced or just starting out. The heart of Writer's Café is StoryLines,
a powerful but simple to use story development tool that
dramatically accelerates the creation and structuring of your
novel or screenplay.
Designed by published novelist Harriet Smart, it also includes a notebook,
journal, research organiser, inspirational quotations, writing exercises, and
a 60-page e-book, "Fiction: The Facts", distilling 20 years of writing
experience.
Writer's Café is designed to be a playground for the imagination, making
writing fiction fun and fulfilling.
Click here to explore Writer's Café in detail.
Also check out the latest news.
Download the demo for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X, then if you like it, you can buy it
and turn your demo into a fully working version. Registered owners
have access to the e-book Fiction: The Facts,
Harriet Smart's friendly introduction to the essential techniques of storytelling.
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Current version: 1.30
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CD-ROM only £32.90/$50
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Latest news
Writer's Café 1.28 released, December 7th 2007
Writer's Café 1.28 has further adaptations for the Eee PC including a script to install icons in the
standard IceWM start menu. There is also a Floating Card Editor sizing bug fix.
Get Writer's Café 1.28 here. Special
instructions for installing on the Eee PC are here.
Writer's Café 1.25 released, July 30th, 2007
Writer's Café 1.25 fixes a few bugs, and brings Mac OS X StoryLines story, character and location
data entry into line with the Windows and Linux versions.
Get Writer's Café 1.25 here.
Forums closed, May 30th, 2007
We've had to close the forums for the time being because of
the huge amount of spam we're getting. We're replacing it
with a mailing list until we can find an alternative;
for more details, please see the Support
page. Our apologies for having to do this.
Harriet Smart interviewed for The Writing Show, March 10th, 2006
Visit www.thewritingshow.com to hear
Harriet Smart (co-designer of Writer's Café) in conversation with Paula Berinstein.
Pocket StoryLines beta available for Pocket PC 2003, March 4th, 2006
If you have a phone or PDA running Pocket PC 2003, try out
the free beta of Pocket StoryLines! It's available from
the download page.
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What people are saying...
"Writer’s Café is slick, cross-platform software for all writers."
ZDNet, December 2007
"From its unique packaging to its thoughtful approach, this
program stands apart from its rivals and it's clear that this
is a package designed for writers by writers... In all,
Writer's Café is an excellent package. It's ideal for
serious writers who want to get the most from their creative
ideas." Computer Active magazine, January 2006
"I must say that it's the most practical and
useful writing software ever." Luca, Italy
"I was absolutely stunned how simple yet powerful your
concept is." Andreas, Germany
"I've only just discovered this software, but I absolutely LOVE
it. It's just what I need. I was thrilled to discover that what I wanted is exactly what StoryLines
does! I've gotten more done on outlining my novel in the hour I've been
working with StoryLines than in months of struggling with word processors." Joan, USA
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Exercise your writing muscle
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- Writer's Café provides timed writing prompts, a journal and notebook
to help you get in the writing habit.
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Understand story construction with Fiction: The Facts
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- A comprehensive 60-page e-book in PDF and HTML by published author and
Writer's Café designer Harriet Smart tells you what you
need to know about story creation without interrupting your
flow.
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Concentrate more effectively on your individual scene ideas
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- Drag and drop card-sized ideas with Writer's Café's StoryLines tool. You'll
be surprised by how liberating this is. Swap scenes, delete, undo, redo...
hey, plotting isn't supposed to be this much fun!
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See your parallel plots visually
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- Your storylines are shown graphically and it becomes easy to develop the strands
of a complex story.
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Print and export with minimal effort
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- Choose from a selection of report styles (or create your own) and output to your favourite
word processor or formatting software.
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Keep your research organised
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- The Writer's Café Scrapbook makes it easy to organise the
little bits of information you may gather as your research and
write your story. Store notes, images, web links, document
shortcuts, and diagrams.
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Be inspired with Writing Cookies
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- Writer's Café gives you a different writing quotation every day
with Harriet's Smart pick of the best writing wisdom and humour.
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