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Arguably the hardest part about writing a book is plugging out the first draft. It's a marathon - sometimes exhilarating, often exhausting - and by the time you've finished you're probably tired and maybe even a little lost over what ...

Page Magnification Novellus now supports zoom levels up to 800% on your page, providing support for large screen monitors where the text appears too small. Scene Colors Organizing your scenes just got easier with Scene Colors! All your scenes can ...

Multiple Drag&Drop Novellus now supports drag and drop for multiple binder items, making it easier than ever to organize your parts, chapters, scenes, and notes. Improved Outline Mode The Outline Mode user interface has been improved to make it easier ...

Dark Mode Novellus now supports Dark Mode. To switch the appearance of Novellus, open the app and go to the 'Novellus' menu, then select 'Appearance'. You can choose to use the system appearance or select between Light and Dark mode ...

Outline Mode Create index cards to help flesh out your story before you do the hard work of writing it. What if you've already written something? Outline Mode will fill integrate itself into your story right out of the box ...

The best stories are, at their core, an emotional journey. The words we use to describe these emotions can be key to painting a vivid and varied picture of your characters' internal lives. If you're struggling to think of the right ...

Prepositional phrases are used to connect a noun or pronoun to another word. Common words used to create prepositional phrases are at, in, for, of, by, over, under, up, and with, among others. For example: The man in the shop bought eggs. We went up ...

Write, Edit, and Publish your book all in one place with Novellus. Organize Split your novel up into Parts, Chapters, and Scenes. Write, outline, and take notes, all in once place. Write Novellus features a flexible RTF text editor along ...

Full Screen Writing mode Want to focus on just your writing? Full screen mode removes all distractions. Dialogue Edit Mode Step through your dialogue, dialogue tags, and catch common errors in Dialogue Mode. Text To Speech Clicking the audio button ...

Facial expressions can be used, along with dialogue tags, to paint a more vivid picture of your characters and their emotional journey. As you're writing, however, you might find yourself repeating the same phrases over and over again. Here is ...

Richard Wydick stated that there were two kinds of words: glue words and working words. His idea was that working words carried the meaning of a sentence while glue words bound them together. What do glue words look like? Let's ...

If dialogue adds life to your writing, then variety is the spice of life. That said, it's pretty common to find yourself repeating the same dialogue tags over and over again. What's a dialogue tag? It's the 'he said', 'she ...

The sentence is ground zero for your writing. It's where the action happens, where style begins to emerge, and where your voice gets to shine. In fact, the entire structure of your essay, screenplay, or novel rests on a foundation ...

We're proud to introduce PaperEdit, Novellus Software's first in a suite of tools aimed at make writing easier! Meet Your Highlighters PaperEdit features over half a dozen Highlighters that scour your text and offer suggestions on how to improve it ...