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You may want to scroll through large chunks of ms, or search for how many times you used the word “need” or “cock” or “just”. However, at a certain point in the process it becomes unwieldy to do this. Then I can look at each one on its own, watch its word count separately, and take my editing in managable bites. Scrivener also indulges another of my weird tendencies: I love to write with chapters in separate documents. But then when I’m ready to export Scrivener to a Word file, it automatically puts it into manuscript formatting, complete with headers and double spacing. For me, this means I write in single spacing with spaces between paragraphs because THAT’S HOW FANFIC IS DONE and I can watch my paragraph lengths without the endless scrolling that comes with double spacing. So in Scrivener, you set your preferences. This can be really great if you are like me and you’re an old school fanfiction writer who CANNOT stand to write in submission-ready format. #Scrivener vs nisus writer pro how toBut once you learn HOW to format Scrivener, it stays as is and you don’t have to mess with it all the time. It is easier to format in Microsoft Word, that is true. *buys Scrivener flowers*įormatting is the area of Scrivener where my CP and I tend to disagree on its functioning. Mind you, you don’t have to ENTER your information seventeen times to get all these different formats. First draft, first revision, fourth revision, etc. Plus, you can mark them with what stage of the process you’re in. You can outline on these and drag the scenes around at will, and click on them to expand each chapter into smaller index cards denoting each scene. ![]() Or a few weeks in a bus or a plane and…you get the idea. Or a few days in an Airbnb rental where the landlord doesn’t want tape all over the walls. #Scrivener vs nisus writer pro windowsFor a few months, it’s dry erase marker on the truck windows because index cards would blow away in the desert wind. But if you follow this blog, you know I’m nomadic, so I can’t take my walls with me. ![]() This is my favorite, because I’ve always loved that very writerly wall of haphazardly taped up index cards. If someone would have asked me these questions during my first book…well, let’s not talk about that, shall we? If they have any twitches or physical habits like twirling their hair. What their internal and external conflicts are. It prompts you to put in each character’s role in the story. Now, it’s all grouped together for each place or person. Let’s face it, when you’re writing a series, do you remember what color the dad’s eyes were in Book 2? Do you remember IF you’ve ever said what color the dad’s eyes are? *looks in horror back at three books, one novella and one short story* Before, I kept this info in my chapter by chapter outline, which meant it was ALL OVER THE PLACE. They have ready-made character sheets and place sheets with prompts loaded into them. This is where Scrivener really shines to make you a better writer. Don’t do this.īonus: No Distraction Mode makes it one guilt-ridden click farther to get to anything else but writing, so you’ll stay on track longer. Right next to where you’re writing, so you can remember the mood of a character or see their face while you’re writing:Īt times, I had hurricane pictures, sexy times biceps pictures, farmhouses on the prairie, colorful New Orleans’ streets…I will admit I may have spent a touch too much time getting distracted by choosing pictures for my no distraction mode. If you’re a visual person, Scrivener lets you drag pictures in ALL OVER THE PLACE. Let’s start with the visuals, because my latest book has some smoking hot uh… “inspiration” It knows you left your tea in the microwave, and it will build you a conveyor belt from the appliance back to your desk so you don’t have to get up, because it loves you. Scrivener is like your best friend, because it knows you and it makes you better. It knows we want to click over to Pinterest to check out cupcake recipes and blurt on Twitter that we just hit our word count goals for the day, and it freaking KNOWS we don’t remember what color we said the backsplash was in Darla’s kitchen. I’ve written 16 books in Word, and 1 in Scrivener, and while I’m not a master of all its many bells, whistles, and upgrades, Scrivener kicks Word’s butt on the following issues: Planning, Visuals (swoon!), Organization, and NO DISTRACTION FORMAT. I do what I want, and what I want is to HELP WRITERS SUCCEED. Of course, by “discovered” I mean my CP raved for a year about this program and I ignored her, because much like the book Eat Pray Love, I assumed that anything that trendy and popular must be crap.įirst, I’d like to say I’m not getting kickbacks from Scrivener or Word to write this. #Scrivener vs nisus writer pro softwareI’m not a computer girl, but when I discovered Scrivener software for writers, it was like I’d been putting in screws my whole life using a nail file, and somebody finally gave me a drill. ![]()
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