Tool box


With ordinary fiction you need nothing but a writing implement and something to scribble on, but for digital fiction you'll need a bit more in your tool box - although the said writing implement and something to scribble on may still come in handy for starters.

Essentials:

A computer
An internet connection


Would be lovely to have:

Adobe Flash (yes it's very expensive)
Photoshop (ditto)

For these things you may need to attach yourself to a university or a rich person.

Luckily there is still a lot you can do with Free tools:

Blogs - Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, TypePad, Live Journal

Twitter

Wikis - MediaWiki, Wikispaces, Wiki Spot

50 Web 2.0 ways to tell a story

Google Maps

Paint.net - free image and photo editing software for Windows

Open source software:

Sophie 2.0 -for creating multimedia, interactive books

Audacity - audio editor and recorder

Sycamore - a wiki engine

To find out more about the whole business of being a digital writer try The writer's guide to making a digital living:

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