Episode 234: #Storybuilding with Jacob Wright from Dabble Writing Software

Have you ever, while banging out a document of any kind in Word or Pages or whatever, thought to yourself &#8220;Dang, this would be so much easier if ______.&#8221; Every writer has been there, but only a few rare souls actually go on to &#8220;I am going to make something that does that, darn it.&#8221; <br/><br/>Jacob Wright is that rare soul. Once upon a time, while drafting his own experiments in fiction, he pitched Scrivener on a mobile version, and when they declared themselves content with who and what they were, he set out to build it on his own&#8212;a simpler software specifically designed for story. <br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>Jacob: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780765360038">Warbreaker</a> by Brandon Sanderson<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780544925472">The Queen of the Night</a> by Alexander Chee<br/><br/>Sarina: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781984806130">Crazy Stupid Bromance</a> by Lyssa Kay Adams<br/><br/>Y&#8217;all, Dabble is free for all of October and November to anyone who wants to hook it up to a NaNoWriMo account and use it to plot and then draft your November 2020 magnum opus. (And there&#8217;s always a free 14-day trial, year-round.)<br/><br/>And to help you get that plot right, we strongly suggest you check out the <a href="https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwriting">free writing challenge</a> at Author Accelerator. When you sign up for the challenge, you will receive seven assignments targeted at defining what your book is about. Throughout the week, you will...<br/><br/>Define why you are writing this book<br/><br/>Discover the point of your story<br/><br/>Develop your book jacket copy<br/><br/>Describe your book in one killer sentence<br/><br/>Brainstorm and select your book&#8217;s working title<br/><br/>Start writing your book with our Two-Tier Outline workbook (for fiction)<br/><br/>Swear you&#8217;ll be way ahead in the NaNoWriMo game.<br/><br/>Or if what you hope for is to help other people get their NaNo drafts ready for the big time,