![]() ![]() I've only just scratched the surface with Scrivener, but between it's fantastic brainstorming capabilities, note consolidation and distraction-free writing modes (can you say beautiful, focused full-screen mode?) it's quickly becoming one of my favorite programs to use for writing. Writing a novel doesn't seem quite as scary when you break it up into bite-sized chunks. Standard: 20/month for writers working on two or more novels. Scrivener makes it easy for you to consolidate all of your writing notes in one place-everything from your initial outline (which, by the way, allows you to brainstorm on virtual flashcards, which I love), to character and setting sketches, to random notes about your WIP, can all be saved into a project that is the novel you are working on.Įven better-it encourages you to think in scenes or chapters, which makes the intimidating process of having to write an entire novel much more manageable. This software integrates with Scrivener, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and a bunch of. And now that I've been using it to write, I have to tell you I sort of still like Scrivener. My new computer did not have Word installed, but after a couple months I downloaded a Scrivener trial again. Unfortunately then my laptop died and took Scrivener (and the files) with it. That initial Scrivener test turned into a full outline for said WIP, and I had a revelation-I sort of liked Scrivener. So I gave it a second shot and decided to play around with the cork-board feature to do some brainstorming for a potential WIP idea I had. Some of my favorite authors like Veronica Roth and Beth Revis used Scrivener and it seemed that no matter where I turned, a writer somewhere was raving about Scrivener. Over time I started to realize that this Scrivener program was actually more popular amongst writers than I'd initially anticipated. I did take a brief (read: exceedingly brief) look at Scrivener, but I didn't really give it much of a chance. Scrivener wont tell you how to writeit simply provides everything you need to start writing and keep writing. At the time, I was a Microsoft Word person, and while I knew there were other word processing programs out there, I'd used Word for ages and I didn't see any reason to switch programs. Scrivener is the go-to app for writers of all kinds, used every day by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, non-fiction writers, students, academics, lawyers, journalists, translators and more. ![]() I'd first heard about Scrivener something like a year and a half ago when some wonderful writing tweeples mentioned it to me. ![]()
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