Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Personal dictionary

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Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :

I am curious if any of you has an idea for a way in which I can create a electronic database for reviewing terminoligy I have either created or researched.

I don't really want to spend any money on it, but I do want something more functional than tattered and stained notebooks.

Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :

I'm sure there are others out there, but I would suggest something like Freemind.

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/

The advantage with using the mind-map is that you've an easy way to categorise each entry, so it can include things you've researched, places you've created, with their own sub-details, other fictional language names etc etc and it's all fairly browsable.

see
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Screenshots

Personally, I'm waiting for someone to create something like the above that uses the interface of the Visual Thesaurus... now *that* would be sweet.

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :

Great link, thanks.

Posted by KayTi (Member # 5137) on :

You could create a wiki.

I've used wikispaces.com for some. They are useful (though I used mine for sharing the trip-planning tasks with a friend, who brings what, etc. not expressly for what you're talking about, but I think they'd fit.)