Scrivener vs MS Word
Well, the trial period finally ran out on my free 60 day
download of Scrivener—three months
later mind you. The countdown on the
program only works so long as the program is open. This little bit of trickery is actually one
that benefits the user. Combine that
will being able to be purchased through Amazon and I was sold. But why..
Previously when I have exchanged manuscripts I did so
utilizing good ‘ol MS track changes. It
works fairly well and doesn’t require reading the manual, so why change. Well, I discovered corkboarding and some of
the other—nothing short of AMAZING features of the program and saw my
substandard writing inch toward what might be called mediocre.
I’m going to go ahead and call that a win.
Perhaps more than the corkboarding is Scrivener’s ability to
help me keep my scene sketches, character sketches, and research sources
together. I have not even attempted to
do any of these items previously. As a
novice writer, I frequently and simply, put pen to paper or fingers to keys and
began to try and translate what was in my head into a format I could share,
that’s writing after all right?
Eh, in its most simple form—yes. However, as I am seeing I was missing huge opportunities
to make a good story better in the process.
Questions:
Do you use a critique partner?
Where did you meet and how do you exchange works for critiquing?
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