Non-Fiction Writing Features

70 votes

Features to benefit a variety of genres:
1. Citations (Footnotes, endnotes)
2. Markup ability within the Manuscript editor (there is already Markup ability in the planning section, but not the writing section for some reason).
3. An auto-generated Bibliography as sources are added.
4. Images / Charts added to body of text

Under consideration Editing Suggested by: JordanH (27 Oct, '18) • Upvoted: 10 Jan • Comments: 11

Comments: 11

06 Dec, '18
Cedar
I had hoped to be able to work on my non-fiction book in dabble (and therefore online). But I would need to be able to have a fully functional text editor - font, indentation, underlining, etc, etc. (And the above stuff would be awesome too.) In lieu of this though, since dabble is great at keeping things simple and mobile, which I need, being able to export and import folders, notecards, & scenes to and from Scrivener would help.
18 May, '19
Lacy
Footnotes are also useful for fiction writers who use foreign language phrases and want to include translations for readers.
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05 Nov, '20
Chris
The citations/auto-generated bibliography, and ability to insert images would all be excellent!
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20 Jan, '21
Jessica Scott Merged
There are different types of writing, not just creative ones that follow fictional characters. It would be nice if Dabble could offer non-fiction/academic as well eventually and then what about graphic? woo that would be a doozy!
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23 Jan, '21
JohnBredesen Admin
"More than just fiction..." (suggested by Jessica Scott on 2021-01-20), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
15 Mar, '21
Kevin Handy
I was seriously considering Dabbler as a replacement to Scrivner but it really isn't. This needs to be a tool that can be used for fiction or non-fiction, for screenwriting as well as for fiction. And frankly if you could help authors to create a workflow from the base writing product to a script with storyboard that would be the ideal. No one does this at an affordable price with auto-upgrades. I think your product looks great though.
18 Jun, '21
Deb Merged
All of the tools and emails are focused on fiction books. I believe there are many more people would use this app for non-fiction where characters, scenes, etc., wouldn't distract.
19 Jun, '21
JohnBredesen Admin
"Different page and tools for non-fiction book." (suggested by Deb on 2021-06-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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28 Jun, '21
Shari Smith
I’m currently writing a nonfiction book, and the one feature missing that I need is footnotes. I would love to see this added!
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08 Jul, '21
Lisa M. Russell Merged
Non fiction and CNF writers require a little different format than for novels. Consider other kinds of work spaces like for nonfiction, poetry, scripts, podcast scripts, etc.
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12 Jul, '21
JohnBredesen Admin
"NonFiction or Creative Non Fiction" (suggested by Lisa M. Russell on 2021-07-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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