Having trouble getting further than, “It was a dark and stormy night?” Same here, mostly. Motivation and focus are my two biggest obstacles when it comes to completing writing projects. It’s quite easy for me to get started on a new novel or play, much more difficult to actually complete one. But there are programs out there to help, and in this column I’m going to pull together and detail many of these Mac and iPhone apps and resources.

In late August / early September, Appletell ran a giveaway in cooperation with the good folks at Storyist for two free copies of their recently released Storyist 2 novel/screenwriting software. To enter, contestants simply had to tell us the title of the work they’d write with the software, and the staff at the Storyist would choose the two they felt were teh best. The submissions are in, and the winners have been selected.

Today is the last day we’ll be accepting entries in our Storyist 2 giveaway. Two entrants will be awarded free registration numbers for the download version of this last iteration of the popular novel/screenwriting software. If you’ve ever had a great idea for a novel or movie but didn’t know how to go about getting it started, Storyist 2 is perfect for helping you to organize, format, and complete your projec

Are you one of those people who complain every year because you’re tired of remakes and sequels and Hollywood just isn’t putting out anything good anymore? Well, there are two things you can do about. First, dig past Entertainment Tonight for your movie options. Second, write your own movie. It’s seriously not that hard, and we’ve even got some free software to help you get started. To win a copy of Storyist 2, you just need to give us your title.