Looks like it could be handy for large writing projects generally, especially given that LyX can handle tipped in graphics, equations and other kinds of non-text. Thanks for the link.
Back on thread, novels, hum, one well known writer uses a table drawn in biro on a piece of file paper....
http://bitcast-a.v1.lhr1.bitgravity....owlingpage.jpg
and Emma Darwin has some really interesting material on her blog - she is a published novelist and teaches on postgrad courses
http://emmadarwin.typepad.com/
best of luck with it all
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