Apple Ahkbar!: April 2007 Archives

I've been trying out the new Mac-only writer's project management and writing application Scrivener (yes, as in Bartleby, The).

It's just exactly what I've been looking for. It's not an MS Word replacement. It's not a real word processor. It's an information management application for writers. By that I mean it has a lot of great features in it that help you organize your work and keep track of little bits of information. It lets you categorize your novel and put individual scenes into separate documents inside folders. When you export the whole manuscript, you can choose how things get formatted in a dizzying number of variations.

I can't really explain it very well and if you don't see why something like this is necessary, then you're probably not going to be interested in this application anyway. But if you just don't feel like you're able to work as efficiently as you could be (given that's the whole reason for using a computer in the first place), then you should definitely try out their 30-day free trial.

It's only $35 if you decide it works for you. I'm going to wait for a couple weeks, but I imagine I'll be purchasing it before my month is up.