What's new in Dabble 1.0.51
Oct 15, 2018
- Fixes recent bug on Desktop where Chat with Support did not open
- Fixes zoom in to work without the Shift key
- Fixes bug on Desktop for Mac where navigation icons at the top were under the window close buttons
New in Dabble 0.6.1 (Mar 23, 2018)
- Fixed a bug in the desktop app someone was seeing that popped up an error but didn’t cause any real issues.
New in Dabble 0.6.0 (Feb 28, 2018)
- Added menu items for Request a Feature and Dabble Community. The community item will automatically log you into the forums with your Dabble account.
- Fixed a bug in the desktop app where the export did not include the extension “.docx” or “.txt”.
New in Dabble 0.2.13 (May 9, 2017)
- Plot Like a Boss:
- Plotting can be a challenging task. It isn’t hard to come up with a basic idea for a story. But it gets more challenging as you flesh out characters, add interest with subplots, and endeavor to pace your story in a way that works for your readers. Hardest of all is seeing how it all works together.
- Now you can see how every piece fits into the whole. Now you can work on pacing for not just your main plot, but each subplot. Now you can weave your plot lines together with simplicity and ease.
- Now you have full access to the easiest and most flexible way to plot a novel. A pinch of note card, a dash of spreadsheet, and a touch of relationship. This is how the great J.K. Rowling plotted, but she didn’t get as nice a tool to do it with.
- The concept is simple. You have multiple story lines interweaved in your novel. Each an independent story. They interact with, affect, and bring richness to your main story. Each of these subplots need their own pacing, their own arcs, and their own climaxes.
- Now you can track each plot line separately. You can focus on one subplot at a time. And you can look at how all those plot lines relate to each other.
- The Plot Grid:
- The plot grid is your bird’s eye view. Manage the story plot as a whole, each plot line and plot point visible together. Be a god surveying the landscape of your world.
- Plot Lines:
- Focus in on a single plot line and fill it out details of each plot point. Everywhere you see the small note cards, you can click to view the larger version with all the gory details you’ve written.
- Plot by the Book, or Plot Independently:
- There are two ways you can have your plot grids, independent or attached. One is for playing around with plot ideas, the other is for setting down plot against scenes in your book.
- Independent plot grids allow you to explore plots and ideas unattached to any scenes or books. You can use these to craft the high-level plot of your series, play with random plot ideas, and generally just get what’s in your brain onto paper…so to speak.
- When you create a plot grid for an individual book, the scenes of that book are listed in the first column of your grid, allowing you to line up plot points with each scene. That is what you see in the screenshot above. This process “attaches” those plot points to your scene. When you edit your scene, they help you remember what your scene is all about.
- The Manuscript:
- To top off this initial release of plotting, the Manuscript view has been filled out a bit more. You can now edit chapter names, insert new chapters and scenes, and sort everything in a note card interface.
- Bug Fixes:
- Creating folders and notes in the note section broke temporarily
- Drag-drop to the trash now works
- Scroll issues resolved