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Introducing Scrivener 3

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Re: Introducing Scrivener 3

#11

Post by stuntkite »

tjic wrote: post #9

I've been using emacs for about 27 years, and even wrote two novels ( e.g. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6 ) in it. Author friends tell me that I've really really REALLY got to try Scrivener, but I know from previous attempts at using other tools that nothing but emacs feels right to me. I should give it a try, I suppose...but it's going to be really weird.

It's an amazing tool. I've been using it for screenwriting and worldbuilding for years. It's just a really clever take on a writing tool. I'm sure your Emacs kit fits your needs, but I'd bet even trying Scrivener, you might get some ideas to enhance your Emacs flow.

Re: Introducing Scrivener 3

#12

Post by tjic »

stuntkite wrote: post #11
tjic wrote: post #9

I've been using emacs for about 27 years, and even wrote two novels ( e.g. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6 ) in it. Author friends tell me that I've really really REALLY got to try Scrivener, but I know from previous attempts at using other tools that nothing but emacs feels right to me. I should give it a try, I suppose...but it's going to be really weird.

It's an amazing tool. I've been using it for screenwriting and worldbuilding for years. It's just a really clever take on a writing tool. I'm sure your Emacs kit fits your needs, but I'd bet even trying Scrivener, you might get some ideas to enhance your Emacs flow.

I fear that trying Scrivener might launch me into a five year quest to duplicate some of its features in elisp! :)

Re: Introducing Scrivener 3

#13

Post by walterbell »

f_allwein wrote: post #7
walterbell wrote: post #6

Can the iOS version import/export files for Windows/Mac without going through cloud storage like Dropbox?

No - as far as I understand, this only works though iCloud. Works well in my experience though.

Even with iOS11 support for file management? That's unfortunate. Some documents are not allowed to be hosted in cloud storage.

Re: Introducing Scrivener 3

#16

Post by rainbowmverse »

zhubert wrote: post #2

Good work on the new release. As a long time Scrivener 2 user, I'm happy to see this. However, I wanted a simpler and subjectively nicer looking tool for distraction-free writing and thus made my own. It's free, has a few social features built-in, tracks writing progress/goals/distractions, and can make good looking books. Also, adding features to Singular Writer has been really easy, as evidenced by it being in exis…

Some details about the person behind it and maybe some links (on the page) would be great. These days I'm wary of downloading anything I can't get a wide range of opinions on by searching, and all I get are irrelevant results.

Re: Introducing Scrivener 3

#17

Post by stuntkite »

tjic wrote: post #12
stuntkite wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an amazing tool. I've been using it for screenwriting and worldbuilding for years. It's just a really clever take on a writing tool. I'm sure your Emacs kit fits your needs, but I'd bet even trying Scrivener, you might get some ideas to enhance your Emacs flow.

I fear that trying Scrivener might launch me into a five year quest to duplicate some of its features in elisp! :)

Send me the repo when you do!

Re: Introducing Scrivener 3

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Post by zhubert »

rainbowmverse wrote: post #16
zhubert wrote: post #2

Good work on the new release. As a long time Scrivener 2 user, I'm happy to see this. However, I wanted a simpler and subjectively nicer looking tool for distraction-free writing and thus made my own. It's free, has a few social features built-in, tracks writing progress/goals/distractions, and can make good looking books. Also, adding features to Singular Writer has been really easy, as evidenced by it being in exis…

Some details about the person behind it and maybe some links (on the page) would be great. These days I'm wary of downloading anything I can't get a wide range of opinions on by searching, and all I get are irrelevant results.

That's an excellent point! In focusing on the features and such, I forgot to write up an About page, I'll do that.

For those reading here, I'm the guy that wrote a blog post on how to self-publish a book in 2017 that was on the front page here for a day or so back in February (www.zhubert.com). After that, I realized how ludicrous it was that publishing had to entail so much complexity, so I started thinking about what I wanted while writing my second book, then took a break and wrote the app instead.

The binaries are code signed for their respective platforms, and the links off the main page demonstrate the features by category (Writing, Publishing, Social). There are some nice pictures, some animated gifs, and a Twitter account over at https://twitter.com/singularapp.

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