Omnigraffle, a good tool for writers and songwriters
March 20, 2017

Omnigraffle, a good tool for writers and songwriters

Fred ALPI | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with OmniGraffle

I mainly use OmniGraffle in order to structure texts when they are in work in progress status, from lyrics to poetry or novels. It helps me to structure my thoughts and ideas, and to find the best logic in the thematics used in the texts. I can keep references to the topics I intend to speak about, such as texts, images or links. By reorganizing them in different ways, Omnigraffle gives me a global vision which helps to find the best flow.
  • Structuring a novel is a very difficult exercise, as it is the basis on which everything will be built. Omnigraffle allows you to visualize a dramatic progression, and keep in mind the various references and situations I want to see appearing throughout the history I'm writing.
  • It is often important to switch phrases or select different verses in a song, Omnigraffle makes it easy to visualize the different options.
  • Promotion is a vital part in the life of artistic projects. Creating a strategy and explaining it is easier when you can have a more flexible tool than PowerPoint for example.
  • Well, let's dream and imagine a 3D version of the software, which would allow you to have different points of view on a situation.
  • Several panels on the same page would be nice in order to compare different versions of a project.
  • A historical visualization of the evolution of a project would be nice too.
  • In terms of text organization, it is an essential tool.
  • As it solves a lot of documentation problems that can not be treated the same way by other software, it is worth the price.
  • It is easy to use and to understand, so people I work with can easily complete topics because they immediately see what is going on.
It is definitely much more adapted to my needs than PowerPoint, and there are actually not so many tools in that category. As I haven't tried other software like Lucid Chart or Sketch, which appeared recently, I can't really make a comparison. I must say that Omnigraffle fits my needs at the moment, as I do not need the team work options.
Omnigraffle is a good tool for organizing ideas and thoughts, and visualize them easily and quickly. It is not a complete tool for the creation of texts, so you need to use other tools in addition to it. An interaction with writing tools could be an interesting feature.