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And some Scrivener templates were extremely helpful for me. Traditional word processor are too much focused on HOW the words look like, not how they go together to form a story. I would have to do MORE besides writing (or creating a character, or location, or world, which is all part of it) if I stuck with a simple word processor – namely organizing. Scrivener (and WIN, and a handful of others) help with that, keeping everything in one place, and saving a workplace with multiple other stuff in one convenient location. Sure I could use a 'normal' word processor like Word, but I would have to organize a lot around it with other tools. So I need to be able to quickly glance, or keep notes, where I wrote what.

I often write stuff not knowing where it will end up, or at all in this particular story. You can learn the added functionality along the way.Ĭlick to expand.For the stuff I want to write, I need to keep copious notes.

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(From what I fast-read on their webpage, WIN seems to have a more complete tool for that than Scrivener, or at least a dialog window with chock full of options.)Įven if you do not (want to) use the tools Scrivener or WIN offer, you can just import and type away more text lickety-split the basic editor functions do not vary much between Word and the others. I dunno how well it works with WIN (I never used that), but with Scrivener it works rather well īoth have (or rather, I KNOW Scrivener has, and WIN says it has, see above) functions to make the manuscript more handy for their workflow, say, by automatically splitting into chapters using certain (chosable) markers in the Word doc. She just picked it because she thought it looked cool.īoth Scrivener and WriteItNow can import Word files.

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She knows nothing about writing or software for writing. Now I have to be nice to her the rest of this year, she earned it. One of the best gifts the wife has given me. It doesn't write the story for you, but its outlining features sure work better than random notes all over the place on my computer and writing notebooks. It really lines up everything for you and sets up an outline that will keep you on a logical track. I have had the most fun with this feature. The scene editor creates a great visual of who, what, where, and when things are taking place in your chapters. Reminds me a little of a more complex flow chart diagram. Character creation is simple and I really enjoy how you can chart out relationships between characters. The timeline it creates if really helpful also. I like how you can plan events and create locations that can be added to any chapter or scene. Scrivener was just not my cup of tea, it wasn't as organized in my opinion. I have been playing around ever since and find it outstanding in regards to having a very detailed outline for your story. The program is as good as the reviews and users say and well worth your money. I'm convinced my problem is unique to maybe just me. My problems notwithstanding, I strongly encourage you to buy this program. My last hope before looking for an alternative is to ask here whether anyone has had similar issues, and if so, did you find a solution? He says, and I believe him, that he knows of no one else who has this issue. The program creator has been great attempting to help me sort this out. He couldn't which suggests there is a conflict within my system that is causing the problem. I've also sent my content file to the program developer to see if he could duplicate the issue. I've reinstalled the program, I've tried with no other programs or browsers open, but no luck.

I can be in a chapter or developing a character or event and things just stop. I can't detect a repeatable pattern when it freezes. When I reopen I can begin again with no loss of content. By freeze I mean the cursor in whatever I am doing stops functioning, however I am still able to save and close. The good news is, what I know about the program I really like, with the bad news being it regularly freezes requiring shutdown and restarts.

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I'm new to WriteItNow V5, about a month of occasional use on a 10.11.3 Mac desktop.