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Title: Appealing for Scrivner
Post by: Cranky4u on September 09, 2013, 04:42:59 AM
I am a BTC /Alt-BTC miner whom aspires to be a writer.

Please consider donating a few sheckles of BTC so I can purchase a writers tool called Scrivner (see https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php ). I need 0.3BTC at current exchange rates to help me along. Please fund via sig block addy.

Current work done on old skool word / open office include;
Cyber Nightmares: For the sake of nine million   (FREE PDF from https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/255276 )
Nature Abhors a Vacuum: Descent ( https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/351810 )
Nature Abhors a Vacuum: Encounter (End of Sep 13)
Sisters of Salvation versus Cult of Z (publish pending)

Thanks for your kind consideration.


Title: Re: Appealing for Scrivner
Post by: b!z on September 09, 2013, 10:05:48 AM
>free trial
why don't you try that
and retry
and retry
and retry


Title: Re: Appealing for Scrivner
Post by: Mike Christ on September 09, 2013, 10:26:40 AM
I once tried this software, but I didn't like it at all.  IIRC, it's loaded with distractions that take away from the time you could've been writing, and its editor is just a pain, which is something I couldn't get over.

What I do recommend:

Q10 (http://www.baara.com/q10/): A simple full-screen plain text editor with different settings; I set mine up to look like this (https://i.imgur.com/4rz8sOj.png).  I wrote the entirety of my first novel in this thing; I love it because it lets you focus, it blocks everything else out and lets you just write.  It auto-indents every paragraph, too, which is an oft overlooked feature in many editors.

Couple this with dropbox, and you can keep all your notes and drafts organized in separate folders across multiple machines.

And of course, a word processor, such as MS Word or LibreOffice, used only after you're done writing the first or second draft.

I can faithfully say, advanced software does not make you any better or more efficient of a writer; only through reading, writing and practicing philosophy will you improve.