So hard to get going
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Military Mockingbird
I've spent 4 hrs trying to get going. FOUR HOURS. Why is the site so cluttered? Terms are not explained. WHAT IS CODEX? WHAT IS A BEAT? You could have a step by step video to show precisely what each step is. Instead, it's words I've never heard of and no idea of what they mean. There is no step by step which can allow one to practice side by side.
Frustrated customers will tell 21 people and those who love your program only three. Right now if ANYONE were to ask how I feel, it would be go somewhere, anywhere else.
I've watched the nerdy novelist over and over and the ideas are fine, the teaching unbearable because you both presume far too much. Pen names are just one example of how you make it difficult. (state pen names and addresses are two different things esp. addresses.) Why should anyone have to spend an hour to find this out only to have to re-do personal information??
Just quit assuming the customer is knowledgeable. We aren't. We are trusting you and getting let down. Make it side by side, step by step tryout so we can get the feel vs. the feeling of defeat.
Idea: Novelcrafter for the complete idiot!
spaceemotion
Hi there, within the app you find a help button in the lower right corner that opens the documentation.
You can either ask the Helpbot or browse the articles directly.
For a glossary of terms we have prepared this one: https://docs.novelcrafter.com/en/articles/9329937-glossary-of-novelcrafter-terms
We also have a couple getting started guides on our YouTube channnel that are more step-by-step.
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Easy Ladybug
If you have questions, just ask at the newcomers corner. Things such as pen names are rather basic, just like "author name," so the site would get more cluttered if things like that were explained. Depending on your level of experience, of course you could have still have questions, but that is what the discord is for. People get almost instant answers there. Also, recommend you search youtube for other youtubers providing NC tutorials. Sometimes one person's teaching method clicks over another's.
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Jacinth Lark
Easy Ladybug I'm going to make a suggestion that you go look up the novel crafter YouTube. And watch the videos there. Also Angie and Kate do videos as well. Just put novel crafter in the search bar and you'll come up with a lot of YouTube videos. The ones that are on the YouTube channel though will help you understand the program and how it works.
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Easy Ladybug
Jacinth Lark Agree, but re-directing your comment to the OP @Military Mockingbird