Web App idea...

For this week we were supposed to create an idea for a Web application. Here's a Web app I’d like to see:

I would love to see a complete plot to print writer’s web application. There are a lot of great software solutions for writers but all of them have drawbacks and you end up needing a lot of programs to do everything.

First you need a word processor of some type. Word, Open Office, and Google Docs all do this very well. Next it can be helpful to have a place to put all your research. Evernote, Scrivener, and others are good for this. Then being able to look at your work in outline form (especially a novel) and move things around is done very well by Scrivener and well, at least to some extent, by others. Searching market listings can be accomplished by going to Duotrope and other engines. Then using Excel, Duotrope, or others you can track submissions. You get the picture.

What if a complete writing solution were created. You’d be able to do all this in the cloud without having to switch back and forth from application to application. And there would be no compatibility issues.

You’d be able to research your story and keep links, photos, or anything else that would help you later in your writing. Imagine then writing in Doc or RTF format while also having the flexibility of moving around scenes with ease.  After you edit and format your work (with help provided if needed) you’d be able to research markets, automatically update your formatting per guidelines from the publisher, and then submit directly from the application. For a small fee, the company would actually mail out hardcopies of stories, manuscripts, or samples if needed.  And if you were more interested in indie self-publishing, you could do all the work of preparing your book right in the application. This would be my idea of a fantastic web solution.