# Scrivener Reviews **Vendor:** Literature & Latte **Category:** [Screenwriting Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/screenwriting) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 87 ## About Scrivener Scrivener is an integrated writing, outlining and research app that is tailor made for long writing projects. Since its launch in 2007 it has become the go-to for writers of all types. The project outline makes it easy to get an overview of your work and flip between sections. You can also split the screen and refer to research alongside your writing and drag and drop to rearrange your work. Write in any order, in sections as large or small as you like, and let Scrivener stitch it all together before submitting or publishing. However you write or whatever you're writing, Scrivener contains everything you need to get writing and keep writing. Scrivener is available for Mac, Windows and iPhone. ## Scrivener Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **ease of use** in Scrivener, simplifying organization and navigation for complex writing projects. (3 reviews) - Users value the **organizing and tracking features** of Scrivener, enhancing their efficiency in managing large writing projects. (3 reviews) - Users value Scrivener for its **organization features** , allowing for structured projects and easy tracking of progress. (3 reviews) - Users appreciate the **easy implementation** of Scrivener, benefiting from its seamless organization and flexibility across devices. (1 reviews) - Users love the **flexibility** of Scrivener, seamlessly adapting between structured writing and quick note-taking across devices. (1 reviews) - Navigation Ease (1 reviews) - Tracking Ease (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **steep learning curve** daunting initially; however, focusing on essential features helps ease the process. (1 reviews) - Users find Scrivener's **limited collaboration features** challenging, especially when working with colleagues or smaller documents. (1 reviews) - Users note the **missing collaboration features** in Scrivener, making it less suitable for teamwork and small projects. (1 reviews) ## Scrivener Reviews ### 1. Powerful for Writing, But Needs Smoother Integration **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lexi K. | Senior Media Strategist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2026 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I enjoy using Scrivener for writing fiction, drafting, outlining, organizing research documents, and tracking versions of documents. It's much more powerful than traditional word processors, which allows me to work on multiple projects simultaneously and manage different document versions. I find it fun to use, and it's an actual joy to write because I can keep so much information in this program. I appreciate the ability to view things as notecards, which can represent scenes or pieces of research, and I can view them side by side and rearrange them as needed. I can open multiple docs at the same time to compare them. The spellcheck feature is also handy. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The Dropbox integration is very clunky. I spend a lot of time on help forums trying to reintegrate. I've spent a lot of time trying to fix and restart programs and reintegrate my personal Dropbox account. It's a mess sometimes. I think a cleaner Dropbox integration or its own cloud service would help. It's not helpful. Very difficult long learning process. Still don't have a knowledge of the whole program. I discover new stuff every week. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Scrivener for writing fiction, organizing research documents, and tracking document versions. It allows me to work on multiple projects simultaneously, view documents as notecards, and rearrange them easily. I can open multiple documents and compare them side by side. ### 2. Indispensible tool for any author. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jana S. | Author, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 05, 2025 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I love how Scrivener helps me organize my manuscript, move things about, and keep track of important information, like script ideas, plot progress, characters, and their identity. Scrivener helps track my progress so I know how many words are in my manuscript, chapters, and so on. There is so much more, but these are the critical features for me as an author. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Honestly, there is so little to dislike, that I can't think of anything. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I love how I can organize all my chapters, character information, plot plans, and resources all in one place and not have to jump around to locate it in my files. I can compile a single chapter, a portion of a novel or the whole thing, whenever I like. I am the one who controls the contents of my compiles. It is very easy to more portions around, or to do a screen capture of a page, before I rewrite or edit. Then I can go back and compare, selecting which I prefer, without interrupting the flow of the document. Finally, I love that Grammarly can be integrated directly into Scrivener and that i don't have to leave my writing program, just have my spelling and grammar checked. ### 3. Great for Long-Document Writing **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consulting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2025 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Scrivener makes it easy to collect your research and writing for longer documents all in one place. You can see it all in the same document and easily navigate between different documents. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Scrivener lacks good collaboration tools. So if you have colleagues you work with, it's not the best tool. Also it's not the best for smaller documents. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener makes it easy for me to keep everything organized when writing longer documents like booklets. ### 4. A Fully Featured Tool That Allows You To Easily Manage Large Writing Projects **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paul T. | English Second Language Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2024 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** As an ESL teacher, one of my tasks is to create lessons for my students. Scrivener plays a a big part in helping me to easily break may lesson projects down into smaller parts so that I can work off each section easily while still being able to look at the whole project where these parts are nested. This is really important when having to work on large projcts that cover a full sylabus of lessons. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The learning curve can be a bit steep, which is due to the many features that Scrivener has. However, I only use the features that are important to my needs, which lowers the learning curve quite a bit. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener's binder and folder feature lets me break down my lesson that I create for my students into smaller sections, so it's easier to handle. I can manage everything very easily and stay focused without getting overwhelmed. ### 5. My writing office in one place : Scrivener **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 19, 2024 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I usually handle multiple writing and organizational tasks, and what I value most about Scrivener is that it keeps my texts structured in a single tool, from the initial outline to the final content. It allows me to structure complex documents into manageable sections and add notes or references in the inspector without interfering with the main flow of the text. And because of its flexibility I can use the desktop version for more intensive tasks and the mobile app to make quick adjustments or take notes when I'm on the go. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** While it offers basic tools to catch errors, integrating a more advanced real-time proofreading system would be a big step forward for those looking to perfect texts within the same application. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Scrivener for writing texts, presentations and training programs. With Scrivener, I can write without worrying about order, knowing that rearranging sections is as simple as dragging and dropping. Not only does it simplify the planning of complex writing projects, but it also allows me to present more polished and professional results in less time. ### 6. The best writing software out there **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andra M. | Content Marketing Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2023 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** There are many similar software out there but Scrivener is not only the most inexpensive but also the more robust and reliable. I've used it for many many years and plan to continue to do so. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I really can't think of any cons. I know that I don't use all of the features it comes with (it's that robust!) but the features I do use are great and I could not do my work without Scrivener. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener just makes it easy for me to organize my thoughts and gives me incredible flexibility. This is not a word doc or google doc where you just scroll and scroll and scroll hoping to find what you need. ### 7. Best Novel Writing Software out there **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elli C. | Book Coach and Developmental Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2023 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Having all my novel writing material in one place is a very neat feature, something a regular word processor can only dream about offering. You have research folders and chapter folders, which you can separate into scenes. These you can move around, so if you ever need to move a scene from one chapter to another or move a chapter to a different location, you can do that easily with drag and drop. Novel organization is a huge plus with this software. I also love the split-screen options. In the past, I've had to open two word documents to work on translations and resize the windows and move them to properly align for translation, but with Scrivener, I can easily split the screen and access any scene or chapter in one language while looking at the same scene or chapter in another language. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The only thing I dislike is the fact that there's so much to learn to fully utilize the software's potential. This isn't really a bad thing! It does take a learning curve though, if you wish to go into the deeper, more involved functions of the program. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener helps me organize my novels and keeps all my research and resources at my fingertips, all in one convenient place and easily organized. I can have character sheets, setting descriptions, anything really in my research folder, and with the split-screen option, I could easily have those up if I had to keep those in mind while writing. And then, of course, Scrivener's split-screen option is also a wonderful tool for any and all translation work you're doing. I work in two languages, so this is super helpful. ### 8. Great writing and prod tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verónica M. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2023 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** It is an integrated writing, outlining and research tool that is tailor-made for long writing projects and processes. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** If you already own a computer version, mobile versions should be free. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** For those writers that get easily distracted, scrivener creates an easy space for you to manage your process. ### 9. Great product, terrible company **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian "Sully" S. | Principal, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2023 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** The product is very full-featured for writing projects. The corkboard view is particularly helpful for long-form. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The chief downside of Scrivener is the people who make and support it. They were particularly petulant and uncooperative during a long, extensively delayed roll-out for their Windows 3.x version. It's left a sour taste in my mouth. While I still use the product, it's only because I haven't found a better alternative yet--and I'm actively looking. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener is marketed mainly to novel writers, but it is also useful for other long-form writing projects. We use it for website content and page planning. ### 10. A decent option for screenwriting software **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Victoria L. | Freelance Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2023 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Offers unique features like typewriter, ring-binder, and scrapbook. It's a good option for writers with a lot of notes or research that needs compiling. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** There's a learning curve to the software, and the program is prone to freezing up. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener allows you the ability to organize complex projects that require a lot of documents. ### 11. Scrivener helps organize your thought process while writing books **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Martin O. | Head of Marketing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Depending on what type of book you plan on writing (fiction, non-fiction, ...) you get certain layout options that give you a guideline during the writing process. You can brainstorm ideas and attach them to the respective chapters and keep growing the ideas. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** It is more complex than you'd assume and it makes sense to read through the how-to-guide before starting a project. In the end it all makes sense, but a little overwhelming when first trying it. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** If you are on the market for extensive software for writing books and long documents, that helps you from an organizational standpoint, Scrivener might be right for you. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organizing the thoughts, ideas and materials you collect while writing books, e-books or even longer blog articles. It helps the workflow because you don't have to focus in the how, and you can focus on the what. ### 12. Scrivener is #1 software for creatives **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erin P. | Co-Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** This software is so flexible and customizable! It is also easy to use once you get the basics down, and it can be adjusted to suit any work style. My favorite thing is how organized it allows me to be, and - with five projects going at one time, all in different stages - organization is a must! All of the information you type up is also EASILY compiled; whether you need a complete manuscript, just the comments, notes, or research, you can get all of it converted into various formats. It also automatically backs up all of your work and even allows you to save your work in various stages, so if you need to reference an old version, it's not gone completely, but it also doesn't get in the way of the new. I also love the compiling feature, which allows you to easily and quickly format your manuscript for publishing. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Nothing comes to mind. Everything is great! **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** It will absolutely meet your needs as a writer, whatever your style is. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a full-time writer and publisher, Scrivener is great for keeping works flexibile and having clear goals on what is left to be written or re-written. It is also great for story all of the notes needed for every script and novel so they are convenient to find, access, and use. It is also compatible with cloud storage, so I can open my projects from any Scrivener program, not just the one located on the main computer. ### 13. Perfect for Creating Large Complex Documents and Making Ebooks **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jack C. | Production manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Scrivener is useful for organizing large complex documents like novels. I like the easy visualization that the index card-like system creates. It also makes outputting the final document into various formats easy and simple to replicate. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** It is a large and cumbersome application. While it is great that it has so much customization, it can be difficult to figure out and takes a pretty steep learning curve. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Taking lots of smaller documents and combining them and organizing them, then outputting them as ebooks, pdfs, and Word documents. It's now vital to my workflow. ### 14. Scrivener creates, formats, and organizes professional-looking business documents. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** The flexibility to organize, tag, re-organize, and print. I can create sub-documents with the tag/label system and print individual course content. The flexibility to copy/paste between documents is terrific. Collaboration in real-time is also a big plus, as well as Scrivener's platform pricing and reasonable pricing of updates. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The formating options are fussy and hard to fine-tune. More tutorials and visual overviews of the formatting would be helpful. In addition to the Literature Latte Community, it would be great to have a regular Support team. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Take advantage of the very useful walk-through tutorial before you get started. Create multiple templates so you can easily compile and print documents. Scrivener is a useful tool but it does require a time commitment to set up and learn. Make sure to take advantage of the very useful walk-through tutorial before you dive in. Take advantage of the ability to import from various sources. Keep documents focues on one subject per document - it's easy to copy and move sections between documents later. Document structures can be a bit tricky at first. I recommend starting with the document structures recommended in the tutorial (titles, sections, paragraphs, etc.) and get to know the program before venturing into the customization realm. When you have tried a couple of documents, create your own templates to show off your business style. Download a test document in a couple of formats to get an idea of how the document template looks in word, pdf, etc. Create entire business plans or course content documents! **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** With Scrivener I can create and organize interconnected business plans, program overviews, and course content. Scrivener allows me to create multiple documents options, so I can use the same document in multiple places. I can collaborate with others and also copy or move sections between Scrivener documents. ### 15. The Ultimate Writing Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex T. | Creator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** When I'm writing, I need to keep things as organized as possible, and Scrivener makes that not only possible but easy and efficient with its organizational tools. It allows me to create multiple folders and manage my writing and outlines and research and characters how I want. It's ideal for working on a long project like a novel. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Scrivener has so many options to let you customize how you want your layout and what's the best way to get the most out of your writing, so sometimes it can be tricky to know how to do something or if it's even an option. Usually, I will Google around and find someone who has done it and learn from them. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** There is a free trial version of Scrivener you can try out to see how the software works. If you're looking for some excellent writing software, give Scrivener a try. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener helps me keep highly organized in my writing, whether it's a book review I'm writing, a short story, or the chapter to a novel I'm working on. I've also learned you can include research links and details like photos and articles within Scrivener, so it's much easier to pull up that information when I need it. ### 16. Scrivener is one of the best writing packages, it’s intuitive and thorough **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chris C. | Business Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** The spell checker is an 8negral feature of the package **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Thor's nothing I really dislike, it's all good **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Learn it throughly and it will serve you well **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Non, I'm a writer primarily ### 17. A writer's best friend **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sydney R. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I love that Scrivener doesn't only let you write your story, but keep all your notes in one place. Being able to track your word count and how close you are to your proget target is amazing too. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I wish that using cloud services to sync your writing was a little more intuitive. If you have two devices open working on the same document, it's possible to save over changes without being able to get them back **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a writer, I work on both my fiction and nonfiction projects in Scrivener. I'm able to make my projects feel more legit by working in a scrivener file vs. Word or Google doc. Because it's a program made by writers for writers, it really can help with the struggle of focusing on your writing or not. ### 18. Awesome for Organizing Big Creative Projects **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tanush P. | Editor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2022 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** It makes the process flow more easily, and it can be used for plotting as well as writing the actual book. It's great for tracking daily word counts, as well as setting daily/project word goals. Broad adoption in many countries and active support community. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The developers haven't synchronized their production pipelines yet, so there are differences between the versions for Windows and MacOS. Compiling the final document can be a bit tricky, and takes careful thought to ensure formatting is set up properly. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener has a unique way of organizing and referencing notes. If you are dealing with a shorter text that you are planning to print out at some point, Microsoft Word is a reasonably good word processor. ### 19. Very Complex and Powerful **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Naomi H. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I started using Scrivener when I was writing my book, thinking it would be a great tool to help me stay organized. The software creator has a plethora of information online on using and getting the most out of the platform. So many things you can do with this software if you're willing to spend the time learning it. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I found I didn't have the time to spend learning how to maximize the benefits of Scrivener. I use it occasionally to create a board of lists to help stay organized, but that is probably an insult to the creator. I just found it was too complex for me. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Invest some time in researching how to get the most out of the platform. It's a powerful tool! **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've found it is a great organizational tool, and it helps me organize some of my lists. ### 20. The Best Story Writing Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron S. | High School Social Studies Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 06, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I love having all my notes, plot lines, and the manuscript itself all in one place. It is all streamlined and in one place. It is simple to learn to use, and then you can organize your notes and story elements however it works best for you. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I don't particularly appreciate that there is not a setup or built-in way to save to the cloud automatically. The compiling is a bit technical, and finding the information I needed to do that was daunting, but that is only a process one needs to concern themself with once the story is complete. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Scrivener is a great tool to use if you would like an easy way to keep all your notes together. If you are on the fence due to the price, I guarantee it is worth it. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organization of story notes and ability to switch where scenes go. All the information you need is easy to access. ### 21. Full-Featured Book-Writing Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan F. | Content Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Asa novelist, I've been using Scrivener for years. This affordable writing solution doesn't make it easy to write a book--it's never easy--but it does make it easier. You can easily keep track of chapters, sections, and scenes, keep notes, with images if you like, export to a variety of formats, see your book as a storyboard, and much more. Scrivener has a ton of features, and I'm still learning them. If I want to do something I haven't done before, I can research how to do it on the Literature and Latte website (makers of Scrivener) and chances are, there's a cool trick to accomplish it. You don't need to know everything Scrivener can do to use it effectively. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The aesthetics of Scrivener are pretty basic, and I wish the software had more display options, like night mode. Allowing writers to change colors and themes would be fun. These things aren't necessary but would be nice. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** I've tried similar book-writing software, and none are as feature-rich and easy to use as Scrivener. If you're looking for a way to make writing books or screenplays easier, Scrivener is the best solution out there. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener makes it easier to organize and write my novels, and to keep track of scenes, characters, and so on. It's not the only solution I use to keep track of my stories, but Scrivener works much better for early drafts than traditional word processors. ### 22. Scrivener gave us a major improvement in our content production **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Scrivener is designed for writers and allows you to write content in small chunks when inspiration hits. That allows us to gradually compile our content as we research, then shuffle it around into a final document. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Like many software products, there's a bit of learning to do. But once you have understood the basics it's a very easy application to use. There's plenty of high quality tutorials on the developer's website. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Compiling content for books and training courses has always been difficult - some word processors regularly corrupt formatting and having separate files in a file system is hard to manage. Scrivener gives us a central and secure place to create and collaborate. AND it automatically saves and backs files up. ### 23. Great Organizational Tool for Writers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matt H. | Web Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I like the bulletin board that I can easily and quickly do a brain dump of all my thoughts. It's then a breeze to rearrange and organize them as you would notecards. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** It's a bit challenging to figure out without spending some time going through the tutorials. The program author does have a ton of tutorials available, though, and there is plenty to learn. It just takes time. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Scrivener primarily as an organizational tool, keeping me on point with my tasks. ### 24. An invaluable writing tool for longer projects **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark L. | Freelance Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Scrivener allows me to write in a structured way. By developing an outline using hierarchical folders and virtual index cards I can rapidly navigate my doc, restructuring it with ease when necessary. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Scrivener can be a little finicky in how it handles files. It's extremely reliable and logical, but there's a learning curve for novice uses. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm a technical writer, and many of my writing projects call for an extremely structured approach. Using Scrivener I can treat each section as its own sub-project. This helps me navigate large documents, but it also helps me better conceptualize my work. I can see how my ideas and research fit together, and can alter the flow of ideas to produce greater clarity. ### 25. Powerful program but quite difficult to learn **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** There is no question that Scrivener is a powerful, high-functioning tool. I've learned to appreciate its depth for turning notes into copy, manipulating chapters, and annotating the writing and editing processes. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Wow, is this program ever a behemoth. You get a world-class writing tool, but in return, you must sell your soul to learn how to use it. Seriously, though, this is one complicated app that isn't always intuitive in its use. I love it and hate it all at the same time. And when you search for video help online, you will no longer need melatonin to fall asleep; it seems the folks who decide to create help videos are not the most lively and energetic of souls. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Despite its difficulty, I would classify Scrivener as an essential writing tool for the creation of books. There are none better. ### 26. For Every Writer **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** It doesn't matter what kinda of writing do you write, you'll be able to use Scrivener just fine. It's really simple and you can adapt as you need them to. You can create your own sistem and it will work every time you open a new project. It's simple to use and it can get the best of your writing. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** There's nothing I dislike about Scrivener. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm writing my book on Scrivener and it's beeing really helpful to organize all the random ideais, characters, places, etc and them the main manuscript and get it organize in just on place where I can find with just on click. ### 27. Amazing writing layouts and plot mechanics **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Corrine S. | Children's specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Scrivener allows me to lay out exactly what I want to focus on, giving a holistic view of my workflow while allowing me to track every aspect of a story readily. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The word processing of Scrivener is a bit basic, and the design can be cumbersome if you don't delve into the how-tos at first. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Plotting is an integral part of my story construction, and scrivener helps me lay out in ways that I'd never actualized in previous writing projects. ### 28. An excellent software for writers! Very powerful, but does take some time to learn. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I love how it helps me keep all kinds of files documents and notes in one place! The educator pricing is nice too! **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** It does have a learning curve for figuring out how to export to Word, and it can be tough to keep things super organized but that's more my fault lol. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me keep all my manuscripts organized and I love how it meshes a notecard bulletin board setup with notes and outline layouts too. I also like the one-time purchase fee. ### 29. Review on Scrivener **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Plentiful tools for writing and revising. Ample collection of templates. Competitive price. Multiple installs allowed. Available for Mac, Windows, and iOS. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** No web app. No native collaboration features. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Trying to get all notes at one place and publish it at my convenience ### 30. The dream of writing and the work to make it thru **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 26, 2021 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Organization. Detail management. Structure **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** Not so easy to understand. Get into the workflow takes time. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Organize novels and book projects. ### 31. BEST software for writers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephanie L. | author, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** This is a tough one because there is everything to love about it. I'm convinced I only use a fraction of Scrivener's capabilities. The organizational capabilities are beyond phenomenal. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** There is very little. While the complexity of the program might be a put-off for some users, the support is top-notch, and there is plenty of help to be found online. I'm not sure I've ever found a question I haven't been able to get answered. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** If you are on the fence about the product, definitely take advantage of the free trial then take the time to watch the hour-long tutorial. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I keep track of all aspects of novel writing within the program. ### 32. The most complete that the processor to write. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexandra L. | Editor, Libraries, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** What I like most about this program is the method it gives me, it shows me a progress bar of the manuscript that goes from red to yellow, until it reaches green, when the writing goal has been reached. This method helps me to maintain a high motivation and it helps me a lot at a time when the only slogan is to keep writing, or when I have a very structured project, with parts that have to have a similar extension **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** What I dislike is that you cannot change the order of the documents from my iPad. If the project is very large, the navigation will be uncomfortable because the project is accessed through a flat list of documents. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** I recommend this tool, because the documents are shown in the lower bar, thus allowing you to observe the amount of written words and characters. This data is always in sight and I don't need to look for it in the menu and waste writing time on it. However, to review the overall statistics of the document and the progress status, the Project Statistics tool is consulted in the Project menu. There not only can the information be viewed with different measures, such as characters, words and pages, but it is possible to define up to the number of characters or words that each page has, according to the count that is made and decide which project documents are taken in account for statistics, so I avoid repeating words. It is a very helpful tool if they are professionals or just writing enthusiasts. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** As editor I take statistical information very seriously. therefore this program helps me a lot since all the documents are shown, in the bottom bar, the amount of words and characters written. This data is always in sight and I don't need to look for it in a hidden menu and waste writing time on it. However, to review the overall statistics of the document and the progress status, the Project Statistics tool is consulted in the Project menu. There not only can the information be viewed with different measures, such as characters, words and pages, but it is possible to define up to the number of characters or words that each page has, according to the count that is made and decide which project documents are taken in account for statistics, so I avoid repeating words. It is very helpful in my day. ### 33. Scrivener is a Time Saver **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brigitte Y. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I love, love, love Scrivener. When it comes to ranking the software, I place it side-by-side with Microsoft in my mind. It is definitely for writing long-format projects like books, white papers, research papers, reports, and it can also be helpful when working on a series of blog post articles that you plan to repurpose. I recently used it to write my nonfiction book, and I loved how I could instantly compile the book in the proper format for Kindle Direct Publishing. I wrote my first book using Microsoft Word, but with Scrivener you have the option to move things around. It helps you to stay organized. If you like creating outlines, then Scrivener is the tool for you because your detailed outlines become your saving grace. So, if possible, have outlines when you conduct your research, develop characters, plots etc. Again, I used it to write a nonfiction book, and a draft of a screenplay. I have yet to use it for a novel. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I wish it was more connected to the cloud, so I can avoid it taking up so much space on my computer. The space issue has been the drawback. It would be interesting if it incorporated some of InDesign's features so you could instantly publish a interactive ebook or magazine. I don’t use the Research section as much because I am concerned about the amount of space it takes up even though I can store it in the iCloud or on a hard drive. Scrivener saves your work, but to be safe you want to press the save button as you work, and backup your work with different versions. Incorporating tables and images can throw off the formatting, so I would love to see them work on that more. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** I would recommend writers to write directly in Scrivener. Avoid pasting and copying the content over. Or, write your rough draft in another program first and then dump it into Scrivener and spend more time working on the document in Scrivener. Really, it’s a hassle to copy the information over and it saves time just writing directly in the platform. I also recommend before writing the book or any other document that you establish the format in Scrivener first, and make sure you have a solid outline so you can create the Sections and Chapters. Create a practice document so you can see how the formatting will flow and play with that document so you can learn what functions work best for you. Test Scrivener out more before you self publish your book learn which fonts work best for the theme you would like and the imagery that you are comfortable incorporating. Scrivener’s design overall can be a time-saver once you learn the platform. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I learned to use Scrivener, it was more of a trial-by-fire scenario. I was working on a tight deadline after I finished the draft of my nonfiction book, and I needed to get the document into Scrivener for publishing. I had to figure out how to break out my Sections and Chapters. So, my editor ended up getting my first attempt at compiling the book together, which wasn’t the best version of the layout. So, I was learning as I went, and as hectic as it was, I enjoyed the whole process. After, several edits and read thrus later, I published the book and went back to Scrivener to turn my book’s formatting into a template, so I would have more ease self-publishing the next time around. ### 34. Writer, Blogger and Editors Toolbox **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elijah N. | Private Music Teacher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 16, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Ability to organize all the different elements needed to write a story; character descriptions, world building, summaries, etc. as well as keeping all the chapters and story elements together as a story develops. Inexpensive tool and does not require a subscription like a lot of current software coming out these days. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The interface can be a little less than intuitive at times and requires a bit of a learning curve compared to other writing software and word processing tools. Having to buy the iOS and MacOS apps separately is a little annoying, but they aren't terribly expensive compared to other software. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Be sure of the platform you will primarily be using as the iOS and MacOS apps are sold separately but they are not cost prohibitive to purchase. This is a great tool for more than just writing a book, it can be used for anything that you may need to put together; scripts, blogs; editorials, etc. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** No direct problems other than figuring out how to sync between MacOS and iOS devices initially. Keeping things organized and update across platforms is very much needed as my wife writes and I edit her progress. ### 35. My vital aid for writing books and long articles and s a scrapbook for writing projects **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dan W. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** It's flexible and can be very useful to those of us who have a wandering or untidy mind. It's a place to store this random 3am thoughts. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I would like to see a phone app from Scrivener that really was a 24/7 plugged in helper for this on the go interactions with the work console. It doesn't have the most glorious design. Sometime the export formatting goes wary. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** I think in this specialisation it really is an industry standard and widely used by a great many authors and writers I know. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I write long form articles and, sometimes books, which can be awkward files to manage: Scrivener is essential there. ### 36. A smoother editing experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lauren G. | Teacher, Research, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I really appreciate that I can read flip between two parts of my document simultaneously, especially as I am editing my reference list. I also really like how responsive the word count function is. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I find saving documents to be a but cumbersome and not very intuitive. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has helped me to make fine edits for my dissertation, which until recently was divided into multiple files, so it was hard to be consistent. ### 37. Great for a writer willing to put in the time to learn it. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angeline L. | Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I absolutely love the split-screen feature (Editor, I believe?), which allows me to pull up separate documents side-by-side without any hassle. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** There are so many lovely features, but it is a bit complicated to learn. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm easily able to switch from scene to scene to compare previous drafts. ### 38. Perfect for Large Writing Projects **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Holly E G. | Graduate Student, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I love that i can organize projects with multiple drafts, outlines, etc rather than in a huge number of unruly word documents. I also love the full screen distraction free mode and the note cards. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I do wish it could handle footnotes and citations more seamlessly, particularly with zotero. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** It is a great program for writing and organizing just be careful to double check footnotes. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Doing my graduate work and personal writing on it. It is perfect for organizing large scale projects and avoiding writing distractions. ### 39. The best writing app, full stop. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ivelisse R. | Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I've been using Scrivener since 2016 and I can say that it's fully revolutionized the way I write and plan my stories. A necessary upgrade for any working writer. Plus? It's not subscription-based, so you won't be paying endlessly to have edit access to your files. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** There's nothing to dislike about Scrivener--it's agile, it's ample, it offers so much more than any other standard writing app out there. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** It can be overwhelming at first, so definitely read the guides the software comes with! **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I would recommend Scrivener for long-form fiction writers (flash short story writers might not find it as useful). It's good for easily organizing things, though, so you could include several short stories within one document and easily access them when writing. ### 40. The Compleat Writer **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Terry I. | Author, Broadcast Media, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 15, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** The ability to collect all the research for a novel and have it right at your fingertips as you write. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I feel a bit like a Neanderthal lighting a fire by rubbing Bic Lighters together. The software is clearly able to do far far more than I need (or indeed understand). I feel guilty for not using it to its full potential. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Take your time and read the manual at least until you find out what Scrivener can do for you and the work you do. It's a Ferrari but you may well need to drive it like a Kia Soul. Don't worry about that, once you learn the things YOU need, it's a godsend. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I write many different books at a time: my personal books that can take a long time to write, commercial books that need to be done very quickly, genre books where the research is used over and over again, etc. The ability to put all this into a tight .zip and re-start a month or a year later is invaluable. ### 41. The best writing software **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elizabeth M. | Author, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Scrivener allows you to organise your writing and make the process smoother. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** It's a bit confusing and time-consuming to learn how to use Scrivener. It's a bit expensive and if you own a former version or one for a different platform, they offer a discount but you nonetheless have to pay for it. The mobile app is expensive and DISASTROUS, virtually unusable. I paid 20$ on it and had to delete it from my phone nonetheless, it can only be used with Dropbox and crashes all the time. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** It's expensive and complicated to get the hang of, but when you do, it will greatly improve your writing! **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to write faster and jump back to a particular scene instead of having to scroll all the way up, make more notes and edits, have my outline before my eyes and have a place for notes, character info, research, etc. ### 42. Powerful tool for any writer with the patience to learn the ropes **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carissa B. | Novelist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 26, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I like the flexibility of Scrivener -- one of the primary reasons I first purchased it was because its setup would allow me to write in any order, either from beginning to end, or jumping back and forth between chapters if I realize I forgot something or want to cut something out. It also allows me to create labels and use icons to better keep track of the category and status of each file, and the mobile app that coordinates with the Mac/PC versions is much lighter and simpler to use than most mobile word processors when dealing with large documents, which makes it easier for me to write on the go. The fullscreen editing mode and the ability to customize color schemes are also fantastic. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** I don't like that there doesn't appear to be any equivalent to Microsoft Word's 'Track Changes' feature. There is a 'Snapshot' feature that allows the user to save a backup version of how the document is at a certain point and revert to it later if necessary, but as for any feature that would allow me to track and review individual changes as I go along, I haven't found anything. I also don't like that there's no way to access Scrivener files in a browser. It's also worth noting that there's a big learning curve in getting to know the ropes of the program, so I'd strongly recommend new users consult the User Manual to ensure they get the most out of this powerful program. (Webinars and groups consisting of people with experience with the program who are willing to answer questions are also helpful.) **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Read the User Manual and be persistent in learning the ropes. It may seem daunting at first, but when you get the hang of it, it's an insanely powerful tool. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener has made it easier for me to review specific sections of documents without scrolling endlessly through one long document or having to use a 'Search' tool, and enables me to tackle each document in the way that works best for me in that particular situation. As an author, that is a distinct advantage. ### 43. For a writer who wants everything in one place **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Malaz E. | Clinic Coordinator, Sporting Goods, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 12, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Scrivener is an organizers dream come true. I can start writing from any part of the book that I want to write, easily access notes, character descriptions. It automatically compiles the book into whatever format you want it in, including manuscript and paperback. basically making your book completely publisher/agent ready. It's so easy to navigate through it but if you need help, there is clear guidance. It's also very affordable, you just pay once and then you have that version of Scrivener forever. It allows you to choose the type of Novel format you're writing (if it's fiction, non-fiction, something that has parts to it) **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** If I were to get a new computer, (switch from mac to windows) then I would have to re-pay for Scrivener, also if they update the current version of it, you have to pay again, which is kind of a bummer, but not a deal breaker at all. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Play around with it, give yourself time to learn how to use it, i guarantee you will find something to love **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to write efficiently and effectively, everything i need to write successfully is in front of me ### 44. The best tool to write academic papers, novels, and scripts **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marta M. | Graduate Student, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I love way it lets me organise my work in sections, use the full screen mode to stay focused, how it displays the different parts of the writing on taggable sections... And it is very easy to use. It also lets you export the projects in sections or as a whole piece of work in any format I can think of. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** At the moment I love everything about it **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** It's worth it if you write novels, academic papers, scripts, short stories, journalism articles... My only recommendation is to buy it. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I write fiction novels, non fiction, academic papers and scripts, and before finding Scrivener I went crazy when having to organise all my materials. This tool helps me schematize what I want to write and how and then lets me separate it in parts, tag those parts, see the content in different ways that let me have an overview of all of it and, most important: it has a full page mode that replicates a typewriter, so it makes it easier to stay focused. ### 45. For writers of all kinds **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alan E. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 28, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** This is the best writing app available. I do mostly academic-style writing, and the ability to have my research, my notes, and everything else I need in one place is just tremendous. The ability to zoom into one part of the article/paper and not see or worry about the rest allows full concentration. The outline and index card modes help to formulate long papers and move thoughts about as the needs exist. Highly recommended! **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** There is little to dislike about Scrivener. Version 3 (Mac only for now) is such a major overhaul that many of the little annoyances have disappeared. For now, until the Windows version catches up with the Mac version, there is a slight discomfort since I use both platforms. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Not only great software, but they have a wonderful trial period as well. Nothing at all to lose. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener is a powerhouse of organization. With it I can, in one place, keep my reference pdf's, my illustrations, all of my research notes - all within easy reach during the writing process. ### 46. Great if it works for you. I've written 2 novels with it **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Timothy G. H. | Author, Writing and Editing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2017 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Beautiful, tons of features. Worth the free trial period too see if you like it. This is kind of a love it or hate it app. Fortunately it has a no obligation trial period so you can see if it's right for you. I mostly like it for its ability to organize smaller parts of your document and handles large documents well. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** It is not the most intuitive program but if you go through the free tutorial that comes with it, it's not that hard to get going. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Love it or hate it. Fortunately, you can try it for free for a month without submitting payment info. I strongly recommend downloading the free trial and immediately working through the tutorial document. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used to write novels in MS word. But word doesn't do well when you start getting long files. Also, it is very hard to reorganize chapters in word. All those problems are solved in scrivener, and there is so much more you can do with it too. I've written two novels in it and I'm not going back to any other program! ### 47. Steep learning curve. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dominique B. | Professional Freelancer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** The ease of editing with a beta reader and proofreader via Dropbox integration as well as comments and edits on a draft is quite great for the most part. Outline format as well as notecards assist in following your plots. Compiling feature for other document extensions is mostly solid. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The UX of this is not intuitive at all. Too pricey unless bought during Camp Nano. Why do I have to pay $19.99 for mobile capabilities when the program itself is $40? Support forums are disorganized and impossible to find answers in. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Make sure you fully learn it! Don't expect the forums to help you since they're disorganized and not properly threaded. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing documents for publication is much simpler than via uploading to Drive and then swapping programs. ### 48. Scrivener is a one-stop shop software for writers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexandra M. | Writer, Editor and Content Strategist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 31, 2017 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** This is really comprehensive software that seems infinitely adjustable, and would likely be a great fit for writers across a wide array of industries. It's a powerful tool that does a lot! If there's a feature you want your writing software to have, chances are, this already has it. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** It's not the most user friendly software ever, there's definitely a learning curve. Also it's not for someone looking for a straightforward, no-frills, minimalist word processor. I have had nightmarish experiences with trying to export and have had to do it manually. Likely something I'm doing wrong and I haven't taken the time to contact support about it. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** If you want no-frills, just a screen to write, I think Scrivener can actually do that, but it can also do everything else, so if you're going to get this software you may as well make use of it. Take the time to learn how it works. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener is all about organization. It lets you organize to your hearts content. Different files, different projects and all of the varied information that goes into each individual project. ### 49. A very good tool for writers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Francesca M. | Proofreader, Translation and Localization, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** Ability to keep organized different sections necessary for the preparation of a story **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** No Italian tutorial or instructions. For some tips, it will be important. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** Since it is widely used and implemented, it would be useful for the instructions (very detailed and long) to be provided in other languages, including Italian, because many editorial terms differ from language to language. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scrivener is an indispensable tool for keeping together all the elements necessary to write a book. Moreover, it is very versatile, it allows the immediate consultation of texts, images, maps and at the end of the work, it creates alone the files for an ebook or for a book to print. ### 50. Makes writing fun, and actually encourages organization. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 10, 2018 **What do you like best about Scrivener?** I gave Scrivener a trial run during NanoWrimo, and was sold instantly. I'm by nature a disorganized and scattered-brained person. Writing in Scrivener made organizing my writing and ideas easier by orders of magnitude. Scrivener allows you a lot of flexibility and depth in how you organize your ideas, notes, research, revisions, pages, etc. The "corkboard" view is an excellent way to get an overall picture of your writing project and essentially summarizes individual documents into easily managed and organizable index-cards. **What do you dislike about Scrivener?** The depth and sheer amount of features is daunting at first blush. The best tutorials and tips are to be found outside of the program. **Recommendations to others considering Scrivener:** The free-trial is full featured and gives an excellent grasp of what can be done. If you really want to spend a lot of time in the program before committing, Scrivener releases a special "NanoWrimo" trial version every November that allows full use for the entire month of November. Winners of NanoWrimo have recieved significant discounts in past years. **What problems is Scrivener solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability organize all research and notes into one program speeds up productivity and reduces "management fatigue". 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