yWriter is a free word processor written by Australian author and programmer Simon Haynes. yWriter’s strengths are structuring novels and controlling the progress during the writing process. With the aeon3yw Python script, you can convert a novel outline created with Aeon Timeline 3 into a new yWriter project.

Features

• The release comes with a template for Aeon Timeline 3 that provides a suitable narrative folder structure and a “Viewpoint” character role.
• The aeon3yw Python script read the .aeon project file and generates a new yWriter project from it.
• Alternatively, it converts Aeon’s csv export into a new yWriter project.
• Events belonging to the narrative structure are converted to yWriter scenes.
• Chapters are created according to the “Narrative Folder” structure.
• Events not belonging to the narrative structure are converted to “Notes” scenes and placed in a “Notes” chapter.
• Parts are converted into empty chapters that begin a new section in yWriter.
• The scenes have a start time and a duration, if the year is between 100 and 9999.
• Characters, locations and items are imported, if any.
• Scene descriptions and scene notes are imported, if any.
• Scene tags are imported, if any.

Requirements

• Python version 3.6+. The easiest way to install Python on your PC may be via the Microsoft store.
• Aeon Timeline 3. Note: There is a separate converter for Aeon Timeline 2.

According to recent user feedback, the Aeon Timeline 3 file format has been changed, so this script might not work for you.

Download and install

Download the latest release (version 1.0.5)

• Unzip the downloaded zipfile “aeon3yw_v1.0.5.zip” into a new folder.
• Move into this new folder and launch setup.pyw. This installs the script for the local user.
• Create a shortcut on the desktop when asked.
• Start Aeon Timeline 3 and import the “yWriter” template from the “sample” folder.
• Open “README.md” for usage instructions.

Note for Linux users

Please make sure that your Python3 installation has the tkinter module. On Ubuntu, for example, it is not available out of the box and must be installed via a separate package.

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Changelog

Usage

See the instructions for use

Credits

• Frederik Lundh published the xml pretty print algorithm.

License

aeon3yw is distributed under the MIT License.