Scrivener

[mizkit]

When I first encountered Scrivener I thought, “Wow, this is a really great way to spend a huge amount of time doing work that isn’t writing.”

I still think it’s that, but I’m coming around to seeing how it’s also got the potential to be an incredibly useful tool. I’m working on a couple of projects where I need to be able to keep track of a lot of

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[chrysoula]

Scrivener junkie here... I think I may teach myself to use keywords soon. Each time I start using a new bit of functionality it feels like a whole new, better program...

[sharpwords]

Another Scrivener junkie. What I love about it is that everyone I know seems to use it slightly differently.

I found out about full screen mode the other day & am very excited about it.
My favourite things otherwise are labels & the outliner view to easily see things like item type or even viewpoint characters.

[sharpwords]

Oh, my ultimate favourite thing is being able to add notes to each scene so that I can see my revision notes within the same app while actually doing revisions...
And the snapshot functionality for saving drafts is really handy too.
And... OK, no, stopping there.

[msagara]

I am the opposite of a Scrivener power user, but I use it.

I use it because I work in single chapter chunks, can export those separately, and can then compile at the end and send the whole book as one file. (I used to send DAW separate chapters.)

But - I’ve on occasion made use of some of its actual, promoted strengths in rewrites.

I think the ability to use it to work the way you’re accustomed to working, and then, bit by bit, expand when you think of something you’d want to do, is great. And generally, if you *can* think of something you want to do, Scrivener *can* do it.