Scrivener is a book-writing software program developed by a British teacher and aspiring writer, Keith Blount, who was frustrated by trying to keep all of his notes together.
So what exactly is this magical tool Scrivener, and how are writers using it? I think the first day I bought it, I was sold because almost instantly, I was able to import all my work over (which I thought was going to be an incredible hassle). It is hands down the best thing I have ever purchased for my writing. It has transformed the amount of writing I do. “If there were Scrivener gods, I would pay tribute to them (JK…but mostly serious).
In The Write Life Facebook group, for example, we saw this comment from Brooklin Devine: That’s why, if you spend time in the online writing community, you’ll hear writers raving about Scrivener. This is a common problem lots of writers are creative but struggle to stay organized!
It doesn’t matter if you’re a freelance writer or a novelist working on the next epic masterpiece, chances are you could use a little help keeping your magic organized. Your computer? It’s a mess of bookmarks and files stored in a random collection of folders. You have sticky notes you can’t even read. You have notebooks full of scribblings in every room.
