I use it, Redwood, though not exclusively. It's handy as a personal journal, and I like that it has separate entries for dreams. But I have to admit I haven't upgraded mine, so I'm not sure how it compares with the lastest version. In fact I think there are at least two updates since I purchased mine. I love that I can add graphics, especially to the timeline entries, which I like to use to keep track of important life events (birth, deaths, marriage, and so forth).
I can see where it would be fantastic for a family to use who only had one computer, because each person can have their own journal, and privacy using a password.
I've used the dialoging tool for working on fiction, though I don't write fiction in it, per se.
I back up my files from it in MS Word.
That's about all I can share about it right now. Journaling for me is like breathing. If I'm at my computer when I want to journal, I use Life Journal. When I'm away from the computer I use my yellow legal pads. I've sometimes thought of typing all my paper journals up on the computer, but oh my what a job that would be!
I have years and years of them. So I've been culling through and entering the bits and pieces I treasure, as well as my dream journal entries (I'm working on a veerrry long term project with those and think it would be handy to be able to search through them on the computer).
WARNING: One warning if you're using the demo and you plan to purchase the program. Before your demo expires, do back up all your files. I had a glitch when I loaded the purchased version. I think it was because I had a demo of a later version than the one I purchased (older one was available through a book club). I don't know if that caused it, or it was a bug, or an error I made, but when I loaded the purchased copy I somehow deleted all the entries I'd already made. Fortunately it wasn't much, but disappointing. So, backup before you load a new version!
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