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Metal Mick · 03-29-2014, 07:13 PM

And while I'm here, the Kindle version of Hewson's book on Scrivener is USD$5.65 so it won't break the bank if I buy it.

According to Amazon, Hewson wrote The Killing (and other stories) - set in Denmark (I think), and made into a fine series for Danish TV. So he isn't a nobody, and I think the Scrivener book will be well-written, although in the second paragraph of Hewson's forward, he's missing a word.

My suggestion is that for anyone considering Scrivener, they download the trial version and follow the tutorial, read what's on Amazon, and give it a good try, starting from scratch in the program, but with a partly-completed novel so you know where you're going and what you want to do. And particularly for Windows users, look at WriteWayPro. Then decide.

Perhaps part of the issue for me is that I'm in MS Windows and Scrivener is originally from Apple, complete with Apple-isms (for example "Show Invisibles" under format menu for revealing non-printing characters normally seen under the View menu in LibreOffice). This indicates that the move from Apple to MS has been done in a superficial way at best.

03-29-2014, 07:13 PM	#277
Metal Mick Addict Posts: 253 Karma: 2383254 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: The Book, PB 302, IQ	And while I'm here, the Kindle version of Hewson's book on Scrivener is USD$5.65 so it won't break the bank if I buy it. According to Amazon, Hewson wrote The Killing (and other stories) - set in Denmark (I think), and made into a fine series for Danish TV. So he isn't a nobody, and I think the Scrivener book will be well-written, although in the second paragraph of Hewson's forward, he's missing a word. My suggestion is that for anyone considering Scrivener, they download the trial version and follow the tutorial, read what's on Amazon, and give it a good try, starting from scratch in the program, but with a partly-completed novel so you know where you're going and what you want to do. And particularly for Windows users, look at WriteWayPro. Then decide. Perhaps part of the issue for me is that I'm in MS Windows and Scrivener is originally from Apple, complete with Apple-isms (for example "Show Invisibles" under format menu for revealing non-printing characters normally seen under the View menu in LibreOffice). This indicates that the move from Apple to MS has been done in a superficial way at best.