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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
I own WriteWay (deluxe version). I'm curious to know why you are not overly happy with Scrivener.
Thanks.
Don
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Hi Don,
my views on Scrivener in a nutshell:
- Very powerful, mature software with many thoughtful touches, but lacks some of the features I find in other software. From the tutorial: This is very much the raison d’être of Scrivener—to assemble the text of your manuscript in the Draft folder for printing or export. Therefore, tools such as timeline, character creation (sensational in WW), and others aren't in Scrivener
- Needs the tutorial to get you up and running – completing the tutorial results in a total picture of Scrivener and what its capabilities are. The 2 hours or so is very well spent
- Has templates for projects other than novel writing
- Doesn't allow import of odt files, though it will export to this format. I spat the dummy with Word 6's broken long document support years ago and haven't been back since...
- My feeling is that S is excellent for experienced writers or those with a particular way of working; WW has something of a literature focus; and MN is for more genre oriented works
- Each seems to have unique features and various users will place their own priorities on those features
- Love the editor views, snapshot, and multiple ways of achieving the same goal in Scrivener, and the overall impression of the workspace is very professional. The creator (Keith Blount) has done some particularly fine work.
That's about it. In summary, Scrivener isn't what I want in software to help me write my novel(s)/stories, and I lean quite strongly towards either WW or MN to get me up and running again.
I must have around 200,000 words scattered throughout 5 or so novels I've started, and I haven't seriously written much over the past decade, so I want something that will allow me to reclaim the discipline I once had and organize my thoughts again.
Any further questions, feel free to ask.
Cheers,