I interviewed the developer Keith Blount for the Mac20Q Podcast some time ago because I had bought the Scrivener software and was impressed with what you could do with it. I think I first heard of it on the Mac Break Podcast and Andy Inahtko had it as a pick of the week. I got it but didn’t really do much with it for a while. You know how it is to get some software and get distracted by whatever else you have on the go. Then I started to use it to write the scripts for the Podcasts and I was amazed how easy it is to move sections around and get them in the order I wanted.
I really don’t think in a linear fashion so that I could set up new parts of my document and create the content then organise them as I saw fit afterwards. It really made a big difference to me with being able to get the podcasts out in a timely fashion. Then I was reading the book by David Hewson called ‘Dante’s Numbers’ one of his Nic Costa series of best sellers. I saw in his blog when I was checking out online that he was using Scrivener software to write his novels. I contacted him too by email and he was a guest on the Writers20Q show also.
One of the really good things about Scrivener is that you can have a good trial of it for 0 days of use to see how it fits for you before you buy it. Another good point is that you can put it on both of your computers. I have a MacBook Pro and an iMac and sometime I use one and sometimes I use the other. None of this having to buy several licences to be the sole user. That I think is very sensible. better still is that the cost of buying such a good piece of software is miniscule anyway. Click on the picture above or on the links in the text and you will see what I mean. Become one of the Scriveners of the writing world.
