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From Songwriting Software Plus

July, 2003

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Contents:

Hi,

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

Followed by Items:

1. Paramind Brainstorming Program - New Lower Price (Now Only $39.95)
2. This Month's Notable Quote

Editor's Note:

I've reissued an article from a past issue about the Paramind brainstorming program in part because I think it's a really cool program that is worth another close look and also because it now has a new lower price. Paramind is now an even better value at only $39.95.

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Item 1

ParaMind Co-writing/Brainstorming Program - Helps Expand Ideas And Rewrite Lyrics

ParaMind is newly hitting the charts at Songwriting Software Plus and essentially falls in the category of brainstorming. However, this program is different from other brainstorming programs in that it can take an idea and automatically expand it.

ParaMind may better be called an idea expander rather than a brainstorming program.

ParaMind will take a lyric line you've written and logically rewrite it up to hundreds of times changing only the words of the line you want rewritten. The words replaced are all related, such as adjectives related to sight, or adverbs related to walking for example.

In a few minutes or less of typing, one sentence or paragraph is turned into up to 100s to 1000s of related sentences.

Okay, you might be thinking this could be overwhelming but when it's on your computer screen you can quickly scroll through the new combinations and see what grabs you.

Click here to see an example of how only one lyric line is rewritten over a hundred times by ParaMind.

Because the line is only changed subtlety one word at a time you can more easily scan through the new lines quite handily. In essence you've got an instant collaborator with a whole ton of new possibilities to consider at a glance.

Click here to see a screen shot walk through of this process as it really happens in ParaMind.

Idea Expanding Features And Benefits

"Large Merge" is a way of producing pages and pages of new word combinations in just minutes. For the times when you have to see how things look in different relationships to each other, "Large Merge" will feed you back hundreds of new relationships. You can then scan through them with the "tagging" editor to quickly copy the ones that you like for new areas for your idea to move in.

Paste in any text from the clipboard in Windows and use the "Find Word to Substitute" for an automated search of the word categories.

"Substitute Highlighted Word" allows you to browse through the databases and find a single word that fits your idea. It is unlike a thesaurus as it doesn't limit you to look for words with similar meanings, but words in related word chains. It adds a whole new level of word association to songwriting beyond using a thesaurus..

"Replace by Category" is a toggle that allows you to either search the database or skip the search. Since it is a toggle it is a function that is used in conjunction with other features. It is an advanced feature that is best used when you have built a large custom database.

You can use the "Find Word to Substitute" feature to select a word category when you use the "Merge" feature. That is, you can look through the database of word categories for the word category you want to use when you do a "Merge." Therefore even if you select a category to merge at random, you still use meaningful words to expand your idea.

What Others Are Saying

Here are some quotes from companies and individuals about the benefits of using ParaMind.

"ParaMind Brainstorming Program. A great way to brainstorm ideas on almost any topic."

- Inc. Magazine

"The ParaMind Brainstorming Program: Just the thing for the sole proprietor (songwriter :-), this program is an idea multiplier. You enter them and the program replaces words or fills in ideas to help you expand your horizons."

- Ziff Davis

"ParaMind is an extremely unique program. I write as a hobby, and when I get writer's block or can't think of a topic, I just fire up ParaMind, type whatever I'm thinking, and expand it. A great creativity booster with a neat interface."

- Don J. -- from Softseek Website

ParaMind Highlights Review

• ParaMind offers you an instant way to generate new ideas.
• ParaMind works by replacing only one or more words in your idea-sentence with words that are the same part of speech and even the same subject matter, tense, class, etc. You can then replace another word in the sentence for even more new ideas. You take out a noun to replace it with another noun, or you take out an adjective to replace it with another adjective.
• With ParaMind, you will be able to take an idea that was only a sentence and in five minutes come up with pages of information related to your idea. You can then easily export the ideas to your word processor and edit and print the results.
• Using ParaMind means using the hidden properties of words. It means interacting words in ways never before thought of.
• You can add your own Word Categories to the database with the simple "Category Add" feature. ParaMind also provides hundreds of word categories which the reader can merge into his sentences.
• Higher speeds of word association are now possible because of the copy-merge concept in ParaMind.
• Everything in ParaMind is customizable therefore its limits are only your own.
• ParaMind is also geared for those who want a hard copy, or a paper trail in their pursuit of their topic.
• The learning curve is extremely easy with ParaMind.

Click here for information on purchasing ParaMind idea expanding software.

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Notable Quote:

"Dwell in possibility."

Emily Dickinson 1830-1886; American poet

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