Interesting article! I Am using Scrivener, and I have seen such comparisons with Atticus, you mention. Personally, I find those irrelevant, as the two tools have different purposes – Scrivener is for projecting and writing a book or some smaller texts, while Atticus is for formatting and creating an e-book out of a ready manuscript.
Of course, Scrivener can format too, and Atticus has an editor built-in, but overall, they have different purposes.
I use both tools, and what I enjoy the most about Scrivener is the flexibility to work the way you want. Also, the possibility to drag in all the reference material and other stuff that you need to have around you when working on your manuscript. It can be there without becoming part of the output, and it is very convenient to not have to look for it in folders on the computer, or some sort of favourites or other links list in a web browser.
Your article made me aware of the iOS apps – I honestly hadn't discovered those, so now I will consider having a look at them. Scrivener is miserable at sync'ing between computers, so I am a bit wary about sync'ing with mobile apps, but maybe it really works. On the other hand, I am not happy about typing on the mobile phone, but if there is a chance to put notes there easily, having it become part of the project right away, this could be interesting.
So, you have inspired me! Thanks for this. Looking forward to check out your other articles.
Thank you for the information on Atticus. Thinking back to the review I read for it, which was where I first heard of Scrivener, I do remember that formatting was emphasized quite a lot. I don't care so much about that, and when I get to that stage, I'll either figure it out in Scrivener, or I will export the text formatted elsewhere. The organization of the writing process is what I find most important, and what attracted me to Scrivener was the similar functionality to the better translation environment tools that I've used.
I have encountered some rather strange issues with synchronizing between devices via Dropbox, which seems to work flawlessly between one laptop and my iPhone, but not with the second laptop. A minor issue for now. I don't like to write longer texts on the phone, but it is rather convenient for quick dictation of ideas when I'm out in the field with the goats or up on a mountainside at night sitting for boars. So in that way, I find that the phone and computer applications complement one another nicely, and of course I can make small edits when I feel like it on the phone without much ado.
Interesting article! I Am using Scrivener, and I have seen such comparisons with Atticus, you mention. Personally, I find those irrelevant, as the two tools have different purposes – Scrivener is for projecting and writing a book or some smaller texts, while Atticus is for formatting and creating an e-book out of a ready manuscript.
Of course, Scrivener can format too, and Atticus has an editor built-in, but overall, they have different purposes.
I use both tools, and what I enjoy the most about Scrivener is the flexibility to work the way you want. Also, the possibility to drag in all the reference material and other stuff that you need to have around you when working on your manuscript. It can be there without becoming part of the output, and it is very convenient to not have to look for it in folders on the computer, or some sort of favourites or other links list in a web browser.
Your article made me aware of the iOS apps – I honestly hadn't discovered those, so now I will consider having a look at them. Scrivener is miserable at sync'ing between computers, so I am a bit wary about sync'ing with mobile apps, but maybe it really works. On the other hand, I am not happy about typing on the mobile phone, but if there is a chance to put notes there easily, having it become part of the project right away, this could be interesting.
So, you have inspired me! Thanks for this. Looking forward to check out your other articles.
Thank you for the information on Atticus. Thinking back to the review I read for it, which was where I first heard of Scrivener, I do remember that formatting was emphasized quite a lot. I don't care so much about that, and when I get to that stage, I'll either figure it out in Scrivener, or I will export the text formatted elsewhere. The organization of the writing process is what I find most important, and what attracted me to Scrivener was the similar functionality to the better translation environment tools that I've used.
I have encountered some rather strange issues with synchronizing between devices via Dropbox, which seems to work flawlessly between one laptop and my iPhone, but not with the second laptop. A minor issue for now. I don't like to write longer texts on the phone, but it is rather convenient for quick dictation of ideas when I'm out in the field with the goats or up on a mountainside at night sitting for boars. So in that way, I find that the phone and computer applications complement one another nicely, and of course I can make small edits when I feel like it on the phone without much ado.