an iPad/iPhone app that syncs seamlessly with Dropbox with the touch of a finger (must turn on Dropbox syncing for this to work).easy importing ability from Word or Pages (I haven’t tried any other word processing imports personally).scriptwriting options (I haven’t messed with these, personally, so can’t compare the two programs).
the ability to name each scene in a way that triggers your memory and doesn’t appear in the manuscript itself.“index card” views, allowing you to see your entire novel at index card level (i.e.the ability to easily outline, as intricately or as vaguely as you like.syncing ability via Dropbox (the mechanisms of each vary drastically, to be discussed and compared later).
But since I’m a list person, I’m going to first list out the traits both share, hoping to illuminate the issue for anyone contemplating either of these writing software options. I wish I had a software version that merged the two. Quite honestly, I’m torn between the two. Now that I’ve been trying Storyist for a few months, I feel familiar enough with it to offer my thoughts and opinion as a regular user of both.
So I decided to try Storyist, and downloaded the free 15-day trial. However, the one disadvantage to Scrivener is the lack of easy syncing with my iPad/iPhone, and a lack of a Scrivener app. For the past several years, I have been a die-hard Scrivener user, ever since I discovered it–much later than most writers, I’m sure. That said, this blog will probably go down to a bi-monthly or monthly (hopefully no less) blog, as this little one is pretty high maintenance at this point.Įxcuses made (although I do think the birth of my first child is rather concrete excuse ? ), let’s get on to the writing topic of today, and thanks a million for your understanding!Ībout the time NaNoWriMo 2013 wrapped up back in November, I stumbled upon Storyist. Although healthy, he’s a poor eater, so between a flurry of doctor visits and sleep deprivation, the blog has been pushed out of my mind. I don’t know if I mentioned it or not, but I was pregnant with my first child–a child who decided it was his prerogative to arrive almost three weeks early. First off, major apologies for the stagnation of this blog.