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Comment on Writing Showdown: Storyist VS Storymill VS Scrivener by Organize Your Story with StoryMill Now 50% Off | Divaluscious

Organize Your Story with StoryMill Now 50% Off | Divaluscious — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:59:08 +0000

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Comment on Writing Showdown: Storyist VS Storymill VS Scrivener by mutantkeyboard

mutantkeyboard — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:41:20 +0000

Thank you for the useful review. I was in temptation to buy a StoryMill after downloading a trial version of the program. I didn’t even hear about the Scrivener before, but I decided to give it a try and it proved itself to be rock-solid app that does its job the way that writing app should do.

Comment on Scrivener Tutorial – How I Write by Robin Brooks

Robin Brooks — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:35:05 +0000

So I tried the new template with version 2.2 and it just came up blank.
Is there a new link for this version I am missing. Thanks

Comment on Writing Showdown: Storyist VS Storymill VS Scrivener by roelani

roelani — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:05:51 +0000

nvALT is pretty much a straight-up text editor, with a left pane that can contain several files and a right pane for writing/editing. I only use it so I can send bits of writing (like current chapter progress, short stories, brain dumps, sputtering starts, that sort of thing) to my iPad. I got a setup on there with Nebulous Notes which is pretty awesome, and both the iPad and nvALT sync my files to dropbox. It’s not perfect, and I’ve had stuff disappear on me a few times, but dropbox has a pretty solid version control system in place which allows you to rollback.

nvALT also lets you sync to SimpleNotes, another online sync service. See image below~

Comment on Writing Showdown: Storyist VS Storymill VS Scrivener by Jeremiah Crowe

Jeremiah Crowe — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:30:27 +0000

Thanks for your reply. I haven’t heard of nvALT, so I Googled it. I’m
still not sure what it is about. Is it something like Text Edit? I saw
one reference to AppleScript, but I haven’t figured out how to use that
feature yet.

As you can see, I am not a Techie. I am a retired journalist who is trying
to commit fiction, to scratch a lifelong itch. I cut my teeth on an
Underwood, so you can imagine how foreign a lot of this sounds to me.

I will give nvALT a try. I have tried most of the writing apps, including
Storyist Ulysses, Write It Now, and a few others. I am always looking for
the perfect app, although I haven’t seen anything that can top Scrivener.

Thanks again,
Jeremiah

Comment on Writing Showdown: Storyist VS Storymill VS Scrivener by roelani

roelani — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:47:22 +0000

Thanks Jeremiah! I’ve heard of it but I haven’t yet given it a shot. When I don’t need all of Scrivener’s features, I generally turn to nvALT, a fork of Notational Velocity that syncs with dropbox.

Might actually write a post about my syncing process, seeing as how Scriv iOS is still a ways away. Thanks for dropping by~

Comment on Writing Showdown: Storyist VS Storymill VS Scrivener by Jeremiah Crowe

Jeremiah Crowe — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:02:59 +0000

I use both Scrivener and Story Mill, and I like them both, but you might also want to check out Jer’s Novel Writer. It is perhaps the simplest and most direct writing app, with the best notation system by far. Just a suggestion.

Comment on Scrivener Tutorial – How I Write by roelani

roelani — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:12:01 +0000

Thanks very much, Michael~

I’ve been writing like a demon nonstop for the past year, so it’s all good. Sadly, I was out of steam for NaNoWriMo this year. Better luck next November, I suppose. Very glad you found template after all this time; I have to admit I sort of fell off the surface of the earth for a while there.

Good luck with your writing as well~

Comment on Scrivener Tutorial – How I Write by Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:07:30 +0000

Hi Roelani!!
Thanks for the updated template – i have been charging ahead with my project, which for me means researching and building the back story.
Good look in your projects.
Cheers Michael

Comment on Scrivener Tutorial – How I Write by roelani

roelani — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000

Better late than never, I suppose. Uploading the new .scriv file now, Michael~ Should be compatible with newer versions of Scrivener.