![]() ![]() In my experience, while Word can be made to navigate a LARGE text (a novel has ~100.000 words or ~400 pages, after all), such editing is a chore with it. Or realizing that a bunch (like, 20) of scenes are actually a separate storyline from your main one, and need to be arranged differently. Realizing that a piece of text (chapter, scene) works better at THAT place than THIS one, so you need to move it there. It's not just about jumping from here to there. It can make a table of contents (you do not need to use styles to make it, though.)Īnd there's more to it than mere navigation. ![]() If you write fiction, you do not need all those features, and the ones you need are there. It's not intended to be a word processor replacement to apps like Word (which is, in effect, a document preparation app.)Īs such, I find the criticisms that it lacks word processor features a bit disingenuous. Good luck anyway, at the end of the day, it's the writing that counts, not how you do it.īill Shakespeare didn't have Scrivener or Word, I believe he used an early Amstrad. Probably best to try the free version as Martin Beerbom said above this. The thing that I find most off putting about Scrivener is lack of access to files for use in other programmes, sure it does save in RTF format which is readable by virtually anything, however it's document naming conventions are, in my opinion, ridiculous, or at least extremely unhelpful.Īgain though, many people do not have a problem with this at all and I fully own my own prejudices on this and all matters. I know some people love it and wouldn't use anything else, we all find what works best for our own way of writing. However, I wouldn't pay for the package again as I don't think it does anything much that you can't actually do in Word or Libre Office. I like the cork board on Scrivener and occasionally use it for time-lining and brainstorming. (I use Libre Office as well - it also has a 'navigation' system like Word only not quite as slick) I do not like the word processor in Scrivener, it is limited in functionality compared to Word or Open Office or Libre Office to name but a few. If you are not familiar with how 'navigation' works in Word I would be quite happy to put up a quick explanation on here, it's a very useful feature which not everyone appears to know about. I use MS Word 2010 for all of my work from flash to full length novels, the issue with navigating around large documents, is easily overcome using the 'navigation' feature and 'headings' both of which I believe are on all versions of Word. The right hand window brings up the document associated with whatever is selected in the left hand side.Ĭlick to expand.I have Scrivener and use it less and less as time goes on. On one side (the left is my preference), you have the hierarchy of your sections along with their synopses and optionally a few other bits of metadata. In that setup, you have two editing windows. My favorite Scrivener feature remains locked outline mode. That's a dreadfully boring thing, but it helps. Some of my needs are specialized, like mail merge. My usual layout is "draft" view, which is reflowable text without all the adornments, the table of contents in the navigator pane, and I use features like editing window splits and editing more than one file at a time. I have databases that use a lot of Devonthink's features, but it's also useful in simple scenarios, too, like just bundling up and syncing files.Ĭuriously, I use Nisus in a somewhat Scrivener-like way. Devontthink serves as a way to sync projects as units. Currently I outline in OmniOutliner, mind map in MindNode, and write in Nisus Writer Pro. I ended up with more of a piecemeal setup. It's not the only way to write, but if you put on blinders and lived your writing life in Scrivener, odds are you'd be happy.
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