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Narrative Nods: a Free Writing App for Android

September 6, 2018

Note: for an updated, much improved, and platform-independent version, check Narrative Nods v2!

Please note that none of my Android apps is any longer maintained – and they’re not even available on Google Play anymore – for reasons you can read about here. If you still have any of the Home for Fiction Android apps installed on your phone, you’re advised to uninstall them. The post below should be seen purely as a snapshot of history.

After GhostWriter, I’ve come back with another app. Narrative Nods is a free writing app for Android, which helps authors with narrative development. It works so that the writer supplies the app with information about characters, structure, narrative decisions, etc. and then it calculates the possible divergence points (“nods”) and offers a report with problem areas and other tips.

Narrative Nods: a Plot Development Tool for Fiction Authors

Much of what you have read about in my fiction writing tips has found its way into Narrative Nods. In other words, all my writing experience and academic background has helped me formulate a narrative theory that should, hopefully, be of use to you. Narrative Nods assesses character dynamics, story goal and narrative journeys, and calculates whether the narrative has led to a logical conclusion. In more detail, it calculates which of the four main narrative endings your novel belongs to.

Each tab contains a very detailed Help page, with instructions as well as information on theory. Even if you don’t know anything about narrative theory, you can still use the app without problems.

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Self Versus Self: My Unpublished Project

August 29, 2018

Fiction

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Last spring I was quite busy with a project which I didn’t specify. Among other articles, those days I wrote about poetry and ambition. Well, I can now reveal that these two combined to make the Self Versus Self project.

Self Versus Self is the name I’ve given to this latest literary work of mine. It consists of two volumes, one narrative poem (Self Versus) and one novel (Versus Self). Both works essentially narrate the same plot and can be read independently. However, they have been written as complementary to each other.

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Being a Published Author Is not what You Think

July 25, 2018

Writing

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Traditionally, most aspiring authors have thought of getting published as the end goal. Being a published author has been a proof of merit. To be a writer who’s published means “you’ve made it”, right? Heck, if you visit my author pages on Goodreads or Amazon, you’ll see me referring myself to having been published.

Well, we could talk for hours debating whether having “made it” has ever been the case (the word “traditionally”, which opened this article is the operative word here), but let’s instead focus on the present moment. The grand question is this:

Does being a published author mean your writing woes are over?

Not only is the answer “not by a mile”, but in many cases I’d argue against “being a published author”. In other words, I’d argue that getting a publishing contract with a publishing house won’t necessarily be what you’d like.

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