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From Songwriting Software Plus

June, 2003

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Contents:

Hi,

First up; Editor's Note (from the laptop of Robert Curtis)

Followed by Items:

1. Want More Inspiration - How 'Bout Version 7
2. This Month's Notable Quote

Editor's Note:

In this issue check out the story on the newly enhanced visual brainstorming program Inspiration, now in version 7. When you're looking for inspiration to start a song or to get out of a rut on a song you've got half done Inspiration can help fuel your muse to stimulate your creativity.

Also in the article there is a link to download a free PDF file of the images that come with the program and you can even add your own.

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Item 1

Want More Inspiration - How 'Bout Version 7

Sometimes you're inspired by an idea to start a song and you end up stuck later as you're trying to finish it or you may just be looking for an idea to spark some inspiration from the get go.

In either case it's nice to have a program like Inspiration to help you out.

Inspiration is a visually based brainstorming program that has new and newly enhanced features that can greatly benefit your song brainstorming and help you to write more visually.

Inspiration is unique in that it is designed to help you develop and brainstorm your ideas primarily with image stimulation. It comes loaded with images and you can add text as well. This gives you a very vivid display of items from which you can "see" what your song sounds like.

You know the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words", with Inspiration you should have a lot to talk about.

Inspiration can greatly help in your efforts to come up with new ideas rapidly. This works for developing completely new songs and even helps with songs you are already working on.

Readily Mix Text And Images To Keep Your Lyric And Image
Stimulants Together While You Write Your Song

Inspiration's integrated diagramming and outlining views work together to readily work with images in combination with text. This feature has been enhanced to allow you to write text right along with the displayed images you've chosen or imported.

In this Diagram View you can: Capture ideas as quickly as you think with the RapidFire tool. Add as little or as much text as you want — symbols grow automatically to record your thoughts.

Insert Your Own Images Even From The Internet

Illustrate ideas and convey meanings by inserting symbols from the web or other applications using the insert graphic, drag & drop, or copy & paste functions. Show relationships between ideas with the Link tool. Explain relationships between ideas by adding text directly on the links.

Rearrange symbols by dragging without breaking links. Differentiate among ideas with colors, shapes, patterns, shadows, fonts and styles. And all these items are now quickly editable in version 7 and you also now have multiple undo and redo capability. Great for times when you need to switch things back and or forth.

Quickly Rearrange Your Image/Text Diagram Into An Outline
Like How Your Verses And Choruses Might Flow

Bring writing power with visually integrated notes and readily transform a diagram into an outline instantly.

With the simple click of your mouse, you can transform an Inspiration diagram into a traditional hierarchical outline. In the powerful Outline View, you can quickly prioritize and rearrange ideas, helping to create a clear, concise flow to the story of your song.

Use the Outline View to: Organize topics by dragging — subtopics move automatically. Export your outline to popular word processing or presentation programs.

New Look With Easier Toolbar Functions

Inspiration 7 has a new interface and its toolbars make using Inspiration intuitive! Diagram Toolbar, Outline Toolbar, Formatting Toolbar and Major Inspiration functions are at your fingertips with our smart toolbars.

No need to memorize keyboard shortcuts or search through menu items to find features — just click on the toolbar and keep working! If you do have a question or problem, our fully indexed and searchable help system provides answers to all your Inspiration questions.

Lots Of Images To Stimulate Your Writing

Inspiration puts a ton of images at your fingertips with over 1,300 colorful, high-resolution symbols, including several hundred photographic quality images and animated symbols.

And, if you want to customize your work, you can recolorize an existing symbol or imported images from other applications and the Internet.

Click here to download a PDF of the Inspiration symbol guide. To view this file you may need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Add Audio Like Your Melody Or A Scratch Chorus Idea

Audio feature allows you to record a melodic idea, a guitar riff or some spoken commentary like a run through on your lyric with the particular rhythmic pattern you'd like not to forget.

With Inspiration you have a full visual and auditory palette in one package.

Systematize Your Work With New Templates

Now Inspiration has over 60 templates to choose from that can help order your song development brainstorming sessions.

The templates are helpful when you want a ready, organized layout from which to work up your ideas.

More Information And Ordering

To get more information and to order Inspiration 7 the program is available through partnership with the very reputable The Writer's Store by simply clicking on Inspiration.

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Notable Quote:

"Don't wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom."

Jim Rohn 1930 - ; US businessman & international motivational speaker

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