I watched three tutorials on YouTube and it still wasn't easy. Exporting your manuscript into an ebook is complicated as hell. Technically I can use Scrivener to convert my manuscript into an ebook, but I don't use this feature. Word Count: I use Scrivener for Nanowrimo I set a goal of 50k words in 30 days and with Scrivener I can count the number of words per chapter/per day/ and how close I am to achieving my goal of 50k words. depending on the content of the link, it can be exported into a text which I can read instead of going online. Like Evernote, I can save a link for research for offline use.
So I have a folder for characters, settings, research, outline, rough draft, final draft etc.
Easy to Outline/Plan your novel: One of the reasons I use Scrivener to write is because it allows me to outline my book and arrange it in handly folders. I'm a bit paranoid and since I have Dropbox on my comp, I save my work to a folder on Dropbox so I always have a backup of sorts. Auto Save: Unlike Work with can autosave every minute (If you go to options>save>) Scrivener autosaves every few seconds so you'll rarely ever lose your work.
Scrivener is really popular so there are lots of tutorials online on how to use it. Easy to use: Scrivener is easy to use (If you ignore all the extra features you probably won't need), even better when you load/start it for the first time, it opens a tutorial of sorts that explains different parts of the software and how it's used. View full list of Online Proofing SoftwareĬomments: Overall my experience with Scrivener has been good, I try to stick to only the features I need and ignore the rest which is probably why I've yet to encounter any major issue.