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I wrote my novel with scrivener, and while it sometimes tries to do too much, I love it. Coming from word it was a game changer for me, being able to write in a

I wrote my novel with scrivener, and while it sometimes tries to do too much, I love it. Coming from word it was a game changer for me, being able to write in any order you want and organize your scenes in the binder. Snapshots are also really good and helpful. And the corkboard has become essential for me. Scrivener could cut some options it doesn’t do very good like publishing, that would streamline it. And syncing could be much better. But overall it’s one of the rare tools, that changed the way I work for the better.

cocacola1 4y ago
My entry to Scrivener was similar, except I came in from Pages. It was between Ulysses & Scrivener and, while I like Ulysses's look, I went with Scrivener and am glad I did. It does have a few too many options, which makes it a bit daunting, but one could simply stick with the basics and it'd be great. The syncing is probably the worst aspect, but as I don't write on my iPhone/iPad, it wasn't ever really an issue.