Plenty of writing in there, but few are designed specifically for writers. Even fewer have developed a writer, but Scrivener is a rare exception, designed by Keith Blount to plug a perceived gap in the market.
Instead of linking pages and Word in the headlong rush towards desktop-version-style layouts in word processors, it is instead your weapons with powerful tools that prove very beneficial for the treatment of complex and lengthy writing projects.
Although you can use Scrivener to bash batch of copy in a linear way, doing so misses the point. The application is also good for cobbling together articles, screenplays and essays.
Built-in templates to start with different types of projects, from which a structural image in the sidebar Binder? Here, you can add additional folders and text files, rearranging them with drag-and-drop. When finished, the masterpiece that can be exported in various formats, using initially baffling, but nonetheless powerful package of Compile Scrivener.
With the writer in mind
At this point, Scrivener sounds more like a user-friendly outline view pages or Word, but other characteristics, to take over much of these products when it comes to project management. You can reject all forms of research Binder, including images, text files and Web pages.
In addition, the files inside can have a thematic icons used (characters, locations and so on).
Scrivener views are also suitable for the process of writing - you can choose between complex, contour, corkboard or page views. The last of these is new, and is particularly useful for screenwriters.
Structure and corkboard are upgraded; The former now offers sortable columns, which offer more than a dozen titles (such as Progress and Status) and corkboard - a digital whiteboard marker for sub-document summary and other notes - now offers free-form mode. This alone would justify $ 25 (£ 17) Finally Scrivener upgrade for many, it provides a wonderful tactile way to organize documents in a project.
Also, a new feature in Collections Binder provides further scope for experimenting with alternate structures, without affecting the main project.
The more you explore Scrivener 2.0, the more you find. Often, you'll think "I wish there was a written app that could do ..." and you do Scrivener: snapshots comparing Review; Automated backup and synchronization with mobile apps like Dropbox? In full screen mode; Quick reference tables (think of the Quick Look, but editable content); splitpane viewing; user-goals count. It's all there, and, surprisingly, is generally quite easy to access and use, along with being really strong and stable.
Basic app
As with the original Scrivener, the latest version is perhaps an acquired taste - much more with new features by adding another level of complexity.
But then this app has never been about appealing to the masses - if you want to beat out a letter, stick with pages; But if you want the best tool for organizing around their thoughts and written works, Scrivener is a purchase no-brainer.
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