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Scrivener: I am in awe. Possibly in love.
So I first heard about Scrivener from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
amanda_violet's post, and thought it sounded neat. Today I finally got around to downloading the trial version and running the tutorial thingy to see what all the fuss is about.
Now I am hooked. The tutorial, by the by, is not only a great bit of customer service but also good business sense on the part of the developers, because it so elegantly demonstrates the potential and applications of the software. Within pages I was getting SO MANY IDEAS about how to use this in my own writing projects. Story divided into chapters, chapters into scenes, with a structural bird's-eye view of story and chapters? Hell yeah!
While importing my story projects into Scrivener would take a bit of doing, I could see the academic applications of the program, too. To practice using the functionality and, incidentally, to help me in my day job (priorities, people) I decided to revise and structure my course syllabus as my first Scrivener project. I imported the preexisting syllabus file and got to work structuring it into a Scrivener document tree for modularity and flexibility.
As you look at the screencap, keep in mind that I only downloaded the software today and this is the first project I have ever created with Scrivener. I didn't even get through the whole tutorial in my impatience to try it for myself, it's that easy and intuitive. (Edit: Looking back, I'd have been better served if I'd read the whole tutorial, since the part about splitting and merging documents would have made the job a lot easier.)
I am crying with joy right now.
Boom. Swapped around classes in corkboard view to structure the course. Boom. Imported all the research and class materials without having to write down endless lists of URLs or remember where every file was. Boom. Compiled the draft into a single word processor file for easy printing and distribution. Boom. Boom. SO WONDERFUL.
Congratulations Scrivener people, you've got me hook, line, and sinker. My fiction will be imported into Scrivener. My research projects will be imported into Scrivener. My longer blog posts will start out in Scrivener. I have finally found a powerful, integrated launchpad for my writing projects, and I expect the sheer joy of using this beautiful, versatile piece of software will make me more productive. 'Tis love, I tell you, love!
amanda_violet's post, and thought it sounded neat. Today I finally got around to downloading the trial version and running the tutorial thingy to see what all the fuss is about.Now I am hooked. The tutorial, by the by, is not only a great bit of customer service but also good business sense on the part of the developers, because it so elegantly demonstrates the potential and applications of the software. Within pages I was getting SO MANY IDEAS about how to use this in my own writing projects. Story divided into chapters, chapters into scenes, with a structural bird's-eye view of story and chapters? Hell yeah!
While importing my story projects into Scrivener would take a bit of doing, I could see the academic applications of the program, too. To practice using the functionality and, incidentally, to help me in my day job (priorities, people) I decided to revise and structure my course syllabus as my first Scrivener project. I imported the preexisting syllabus file and got to work structuring it into a Scrivener document tree for modularity and flexibility.
As you look at the screencap, keep in mind that I only downloaded the software today and this is the first project I have ever created with Scrivener. I didn't even get through the whole tutorial in my impatience to try it for myself, it's that easy and intuitive. (Edit: Looking back, I'd have been better served if I'd read the whole tutorial, since the part about splitting and merging documents would have made the job a lot easier.)
I am crying with joy right now.
Boom. Swapped around classes in corkboard view to structure the course. Boom. Imported all the research and class materials without having to write down endless lists of URLs or remember where every file was. Boom. Compiled the draft into a single word processor file for easy printing and distribution. Boom. Boom. SO WONDERFUL.
Congratulations Scrivener people, you've got me hook, line, and sinker. My fiction will be imported into Scrivener. My research projects will be imported into Scrivener. My longer blog posts will start out in Scrivener. I have finally found a powerful, integrated launchpad for my writing projects, and I expect the sheer joy of using this beautiful, versatile piece of software will make me more productive. 'Tis love, I tell you, love!