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Old July 10th 15, 05:35 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Ken Blake, MVP[_4_]
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:58:02 +0100, "Jack Smith"
wrote:

I was asking if there is any software to compose a big text that makes
sense, something different than translating.



Sorry but I still don't understand. What do you mean by "compose a big
text"? Do you want software to write the book for you?

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Old July 10th 15, 05:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

John Doe wrote:

I would need a computer since it does all of my typing via speech
recognition.


People who can write via dictation have always amazed me. Something I
could never do. One would think if you can think it and type it, you
can just speak it. Doesn't work that way. At least with me, and a
whole lot of other writers.

Stef
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Old July 10th 15, 09:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

Per Stef:
People who can write via dictation have always amazed me. Something I
could never do. One would think if you can think it and type it, you
can just speak it. Doesn't work that way. At least with me, and a
whole lot of other writers.


Some people are just born "composers".

Guy in my college dorm, for instance... The rest of us would be pulling
an all-nighter getting the Monday essay ready for English 101 (1
mechanical error, grade drops 1 grade; 2 mechanical errors grade drops 2
grades; 3 mechanical errors = F) - except for this guy.

He would just sit down at his typewriter and type 10 pages or so without
stopping except for the occasional typo-fix pause.

We'd ask "How you do dat?" and he would reply that he had been working
on it all week... and it just needed to be put on paper.
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Old July 11th 15, 03:09 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default A million moneys...(Was: Do we need computer to write a book?)

On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 23:04:11 +0100, Gary Stevens wrote:

Since we have 100 characters to choose from, there
are 100,000,000^100 possible book-length combinations of characters.


100^1,000,000 surely?
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Old July 11th 15, 05:25 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Stef
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

(PeteCresswell) wrote:

Per Stef:
People who can write via dictation have always amazed me. Something I
could never do. One would think if you can think it and type it, you
can just speak it. Doesn't work that way. At least with me, and a
whole lot of other writers.


Some people are just born "composers".

Guy in my college dorm, for instance... The rest of us would be pulling
an all-nighter getting the Monday essay ready for English 101 (1
mechanical error, grade drops 1 grade; 2 mechanical errors grade drops 2
grades; 3 mechanical errors = F) - except for this guy.

He would just sit down at his typewriter and type 10 pages or so without
stopping except for the occasional typo-fix pause.

We'd ask "How you do dat?" and he would reply that he had been working
on it all week... and it just needed to be put on paper.


But he didn't dictate the composition. He still "typed" it.

I used to do roughly the same thing in high school and college, and
still do, at least with small factual works (fiction's different),
except I now no longer compose first in long hand (I used to be a
lousy typist and it got in the way of the writing), edit, and correct
mistakes, then type the final draft. I just start typing in the word
processor, editing and correcting as I go.

Stef
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Old July 11th 15, 10:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Stef
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 00:58:02 +0100, "Jack Smith"
wrote:

I was asking if there is any software to compose a big text that makes
sense, something different than translating.



Sorry but I still don't understand. What do you mean by "compose a big
text"? Do you want software to write the book for you?


I interpreted that the OP is asking if software to convert a
screenplay to book format, like a novel, exists.

Stef

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Old July 13th 15, 02:50 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

On 7/9/2015 6:18 PM, Jack Smith wrote:
I was looking for computer program to write a book based on movies
scripts, with some action story and adventure. Don't want to sell the
story, just want to write the book and have fun.
Do you know if this is possible?


HUH? Of course not. Use pencil and paper if you choose.
Or an old typewriter!
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Old October 23rd 15, 08:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

On 7/13/2015 9:50 AM, Pfsszxt wrote:
On 7/9/2015 6:18 PM, Jack Smith wrote:
I was looking for computer program to write a book based on movies
scripts, with some action story and adventure. Don't want to sell the
story, just want to write the book and have fun.
Do you know if this is possible?


HUH? Of course not. Use pencil and paper if you choose.
Or an old typewriter!


But, when you try to get it published, It had better be in the format
that the publisher prefers. Written manuscripts (hand or typed)
are passe these days!
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Old October 24th 15, 05:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Stef
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Default Do we need computer to write a book?

Charlie wrote:

On 7/13/2015 9:50 AM, Pfsszxt wrote:
On 7/9/2015 6:18 PM, Jack Smith wrote:
I was looking for computer program to write a book based on movies
scripts, with some action story and adventure. Don't want to sell the
story, just want to write the book and have fun.
Do you know if this is possible?


HUH? Of course not. Use pencil and paper if you choose.
Or an old typewriter!


But, when you try to get it published, It had better be in the format
that the publisher prefers. Written manuscripts (hand or typed)
are passe these days!


Hand written? Yes. But hard-printed on paper? No. Most publishers
(of books anyway) still want a physical manuscript submitted. Makes it
easier to read, edit and comment. But that is slowly changing as
epublishing (not eself-publishing) replaces traditional paper books.

Stef

 




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