CAMPFIRE writing software SOLVED My Novel Organising Problem! | Using Campfire Write

I've found the solution for the problems I was having with my new novel - Project Ventus
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I needed a way to organise my writing, plan out chapters, move things around and generally figure out all of the myriad of moving parts that make up my novel so far.
Writing is a complicated hobby, it's never simple, but I've found Campfire genuinely helped me get past some writing barriers I've had for years.
If you're currently writing or planning a novel, I would definitely recommend checking out Campfire!
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[@marlinthecreative118]

I too have fallen in love with Campfire Write. It totally helps me to organize my work and refer back to it as needed.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Excellent, glad to hear it. It's the organising side of it that really made the difference for me. I've used it daily since I made this video!

[@AnnaRobbinsWrites]

Thank you for this in depth look, Kieren! I looove that it's browser based and auto saves. That was my main hangup with purchasing Scrivener, which I've been considering. This basically convinced me to give Campfire a whirl! It has so many more features than my current online tool, Dabble, which is amazing for fast drafting but not so much for revising /worldbuilding imo.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

I’m with you on that, I love the seamlessness (is that a word?) of browser-based stuff ☺️ it’s just ready to go whenever you are. It’s definitely worth it in my opinion, I don’t think I could go back to a plain old google docs now!

[@ADSmallAuthor]

Glad you have solved your problem with planning your project.

[@Layniacsofficial]

Thanks! I use Scrivener for a one time fee but I am always open to checking out a new product.

[@renemarquez7947]

Thanks for the advice I was looking for something and I stumbled upon this. Super super nice explanation and thanks again bro you did a great job.

[@creaturesfromtheether5310]

Mate thanks for the video is exactly what I'm looking for. I've been writing my book for 16 days. I am 50 years old and 16 days this is my first attempt at a book I'm so happy I finally started and I will finish thank you thank you

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Fantastic, follow that feeling and write your story ☺️ welcome to being a writer!

[@manymusings]

Years ago (like 20 years ago) I found a free software that looks like it worked very similarly. I will definitely check this one out.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thank you, it's well worth a look I think!

[@JoeyPaulOnline]

This looks really interesting and I love the look of the timeline. Glad it's solved your problems and glad it works for you!

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

It definitely works for me! I didn't realise what I was missing until I had the options in front of me 🙂

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Understandable! That’s generally my approach to sponsored content. I’ve used campfire every day since this video, and written about 50k words in it in that time. I haven’t had any issues or problems with it and I’m still finding it really useful. The export feature has been updated yes, you can now export your whole manuscript to PDF or EPUP formats.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Hopefully it fits for what you need ☺️ there’s always the option to pay month by month if you want to test it out first too.

[@clintoreilly]

I'm intrigued. I will check Campfire out. But will give it a go on my third draft. Thanks.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks for watching Clint ☺️ I appreciate the support and congrats on reaching a third draft!

[@feliciaconner]

Great review if Campfire! Thank you!

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks for watching!

[@greentoast9125]

I've been looking EVERYWHERE for the timeliness thing. All of my stories come to in random pieces.

[@AwakeArise]

Epic runtime!

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

I know! 😂 and this really isn’t in depth at all, I cut this down from an hour of footage 😂

[@StarlasAiko]

I like how you use Timeline. It may well replace my use of Scrivener.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

It really made things easier. I'm sure there are other apps or programs out there that could achieve the same thing, but I definitely think it's a good way to organise a plot.

[@yasmeenxxx]

Hi Kieren, great video off the back of which I downloaded Campfire. Do you know if there is a way to plot sequences then scenes? Did you create a template within the "add event" on the timeline to be able to break it down further? I'd also love to know how you track character acr (potentially linking back to the plot) as well as relationship arcs whether in campfire or generally. Thx!

[@velvetbees]

I read that you have to save your Scrivener work often or you can lose data. Forget that. I want something that is reliable. Thank you for this review. I am already on Campfire, but don't even know where to start, so I'm writing my book in Word and Excel. That's too hard, and in Excel if you undo several times in a workbook it can undo your work in other workbooks. It's because the undo is for all the workbooks in the file, not just the one you are working in. Quite a shock. This looks perfect. Thank you!

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Ah, that might have been my issue with Scrivener then. Reliability was a top priority for me as well and Campfire hasn't given me any problems at all, been using it for a year now and written a very long novel in it! The thing I like most about it is that you can make it as simple as you want it to be, and all the compex stuff you don't need can just be hidden away.

[@velvetbees]

​@@KierenWestwoodWritinglt really is a wonderful platform. Thanks to this video I have spent the last day exploring Campfire. Thank you for making an understandable tour of its features. This will be a big help.

[@joshseligman2243]

Hi Kieren, Thank you so much for suggesting Campfire. I will check it out this week. I write Sci-Fi really for all my life and have done a lot of research on the genre. If you have any questions? Hi, I'm Adam Aimach. You'll do great with Project Ventus... Columbus, USA

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks for watching! I'm about a month into using Campfire and I really rate it highly. It just makes things so much easier to organise. Thanks for the well wishes on the book from a fellow sci-fi writer, I'll definitely draw on your experience if/when I get stuck!

[@joshseligman2243]

Please do, I really like your videos of writers advice. I'm reading Chuck Palahniuk's "Consider This" now while working on a short sci-fi story. One of my secret weapons for storytelling is, "The Story Cure" by Dinty Moore. He's a prof at Ohio University for 20+ years and knocks it out of the ball park plus is easy to understand. Cool to hear from you man. Until next time, Adam Aimach.

[@ABFrank.]

Did you say it was cloud based? So I can access it on any device and pick up where I left off? That was one of my main problems with Scrivener

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Yeah, it’s browser based so it saves to the cloud. I use my PC for most writing, but also my chrome book, it’s seamless to transition between them. Really handy ☺️

[@ABFrank.]

@@KierenWestwoodWriting I'm definitely keeping this on my radar for after I've moved into my new house 👍

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Awesome. We moved last year, extremely stressful but so worth it after it's all done 🙂 Best of luck and hope it goes smoothly for you.

[@betweenthepageswithpaigereid]

Is this the free version or the Pro version or Pro + Worldbuilding pack?

[@creaturesfromtheether5310]

Where can I read one of your books sir?

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks so much! I only have my novella in flash available at the moment, it’s a short work of 20 interconnected flash fiction stories, but if you’d like to read it it’s available here: Gold Fury: A Novella-In-Flash amzn.eu/d/gBx2M7m

[@Lazarusart]

I signed up, let's see how it goes. I used you name in the 'Recommend' part of the sign up, hope that helps.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks so much, I appreciate it! I hope it works well for you. For what it's worth, I'm still using Campfire for any writing I do.

[@Lazarusart]

@@KierenWestwoodWriting excellent. I'm in the process of transferring my Sci-Fi Epic saga The Parallax Odyssey into Campfire and already it's helping me get more clarity over the hundreds of different elements. I see true structure now where it was in pieces before. It will take me a while as I've been writing this story for a few years and have dozens of characters and many planets and locations. But this is helping big time. Thanks again for the recommendation.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Great! I’m really glad. I do find it’s great just as a place to put all that stuff while working on it. I used the timeline feature to help me plan a book and it made it so much more manageable.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

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[@RobertDecman]

How different is it compared to Obsidian?

[@JMcCarthyworld]

my biggest question is how good is this for series? i am writing a 14 book series worldbuilding, culture building magic systems etc that's why i am REALLY interested in campfire

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

I haven't tried anything series related to be honest, but I can tell you it handled my 120k novel with ease :)

[@JMcCarthyworld]

@KierenWestwoodWriting I wanted to know how it came out! I am writing wpic/tragic fantasy romance and so all those modules have me obsessed with researching and curiosity! I feel like i need to take the dive for the full appreciation and experience 🤔

[@slipthetrap]

CampfireWriting looks interesting and helpful, but their "PRICING" page is a bit of a nightmare. The 17 separate costs per month is confusing, for example: the free version says 25,000 words per month but the monthly subscription specifies no word count. Perhaps a nice recap video of which modules you are using. I suppose I need to research things a bit more ... thank you for this video. ☮️

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks for watching! ☺️As far as I know, the free version is the only one with any limits. The other options are all just to decide on your payment methods I think, so it’s up to you which modules you use and whether your outright buy them or pay monthly or annually. For example if you get one module and pay monthly for it, you’ll be able to use it the same way someone who outright bought it for life would, just for the length of your subscription only. It is a little hard to sum-up but ultimately I think they’re focussed on writers being able to narrow down what they want to use and only pay for that ☺️

[@slipthetrap]

@@KierenWestwoodWriting Thanks, just never encountered a pricing model like that before, but I will check out the free version as what you demonstrated looked very helpful.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

It certainly has been helpful for me. Honestly I've not seen a pricing model like that before either!

[@BonnieDragonKat]

I use Campfire. It costs me less then 15 dollars a month for all my Modules.

[@TheTrueAdonis]

I’m using this but I wish I knew the personality part 😂

[@sondrax]

Thanks for the… rather GLOWING review…. (Hoping you aren’t CEO and gonna give it a try!) Thanks for The time it took for You to provide your informed opinions! bc

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

😂 I’m not CEO, they just reached out to me and I really liked the software. For what it’s worth, I have since written my entire 120k novel in Campfire and I still use it daily ☺️

[@sherylmorrison8587]

do you have to pay for campfire?

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

You do, though it’s modular, so you only pay for the bits you want to use.

[@aasiyahmalik713]

do you have the paid version?

[@Serafiniert]

The free version limits the amount of elements you can create in a module. P.e. You can only create 10 characters in the free version. Or write 25000 characters (or words) in the manuscript.

[@mcd3379]

It was all sounding good and interesting until you mentioned that you can't export the entire manuscript in one go and you CAN'T PRINT??? Fundamental design flaws me thinks. It's an interesting project management tool and at the end of the day it is very much a case of "horses for courses" - so if it works for you great. But I would be concerned that you spend more time using the interface than actual writing. It is also at the opposite end of the spectrum of writers like George R Martin who just use the old DOS based Wordstar and nothing else, or even those who sit in a room with a pen and paper. But again, it is whatever works for you. Thanks for the review.

[@BonnieDragonKat]

Actually it's being worked on.